predicate nominative

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.

Personal pronoun, absolute use of, 63. agreement of, with antecedent, 287. as predicate nominative, 281. case of, 62. compound, or reflexive, 69. uses of, 70. definition of, 59. double possessive of, 64. 'em and them, 62. history of, 61. objective of, for nominative in spoken English, 63, 281. syntax of, 281. table of, 60. triple possessive of, 64. uses of it, 67.