If “her” is objective and “she” is subjective, why do we say:
‘Who is she?’
instead of:
‘Who is her?’
apart from the latter sounding a bit strange?
For instance:
‘That car belongs to her.‘
vs.
‘She has a nice car.’
Is the second sentence, ‘Who is her?’, actually grammatical and is there a situation where it is appropriate? (Or am I just plain wrong in thinking that “who” is the subject in both questions?)
Answer
It is incorrect that “who” is the subject, “she” is still the subject. If it wasn’t a question it would be “She is who”. Because it’s a question it is inverted.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_grammar#Questions
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Source : Link , Question Author : Dog Lover , Answer Author : Austin