2. Sometimes a noun or pronoun is used to complete the meaning of such verbs as be, become, seem, appear, taste, feel. Such a noun is in the nominative case, and is called a predicate nominative, or a subjective complement; as,
| Noun: | Mr. Brown is the manager. |
| He seems a gentleman. | |
| Pronoun: | I think it is she. |
3. A noun in apposition with another noun in the nominative case is also in the nominative case; as,
| Mr. Brown, the manager, is very capable. |
| The man to whom you should apply is Mr. Brown, the manager. |
4. Sometimes a noun or a pronoun is used in direct address or in an exclamation, without having any grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence. It is then said to be nominative independent; as,
| Mr. Brown, a gentleman wishes to speak to you. |
| A strike! Why are they declaring a strike? |
| You! I thought you were in South America. |
5. Sometimes a noun or pronoun is used with a participle to express an adverbial relation. Such a noun is in the nominative case, and is called nominative absolute, because it has no grammatical relation to any other part of the sentence; as,
Mr. Brown having gone, we told the gentleman to see Mr. Jones.
He being the guide, we asked no questions.
It is much better to use a clause to express such an idea; as,