usually marked by the nominative form of
the pronoun.

(2) The _objective use_ is usually marked by the objective form of the
pronoun.

These simple rules are sometimes violated in spoken and in literary
English. Some of the violations are universally condemned; others are
generally, if not universally, sanctioned.

[Sidenote: _Objective for the nominative._]

399. The objective is sometimes found instead of the nominative in
the following instances:--

(1) By a common vulgarism of ignorance or carelessness, no notice is
taken of the proper form to be used as subject; as,--

He and _me_ once went in the dead of winter in a one-hoss shay
out to Boonville.--WHITCHER, _Bedott Papers._

It seems strange to me that _them_ that preach up the doctrine
don't admire one who carrys it out.--_Josiah Allens Wife._

(2) By faulty analysis of the sentence, the true relation of the words
is misunderstood; for example, "_Whom_ think ye that I am?" (In this,
_whom_ is the complement after the verb _am_, and should be the
nominative form, _who_.) "The young Harper, _whom_ they agree was
rather nice-looking" (_whom_ is the subject of the verb _was_).

Especially is this fault to be noticed after an ellipsis with _than_
or _as_, the real thought being forgotten; thus,--

But the consolation coming from devotion did not go far with such
a one as _her_.--TROLLOPE.

This should be "as _she_," because the full expression would be "such
a one as _she is_."

400. Still, the last expression has the support of many good
writers, as shown in the following examples:--

She was neither better bred nor wiser than you or
_me_.--THACKERAY.

No mightier than thyself or _me_.--SHAKESPEARE.

Lin'd with Giants deadlier than _'em_ all.--POPE.

But he must be a stronger than _thee_.--SOUTHEY.

Not to render up my soul to such as _thee_.--BYRON.

I shall not learn my duty from such as _thee_.--FIELDING.

[Sidenote: _A safe rule._]

It will be safer for the student to follow the general rule, as
illustrated in the following sentences:--

If so, they are yet holier than _we_.--RUSKIN.

Who would suppose it is the game of such as _he_?--DICKENS.

Do we see
The robber and the murd'rer weak as _we_?
--MILTON.

I have no other saint than _thou_ to pray to.--LONGFELLOW.

[Sidenote: "_Than_ whom."]

401. One exception is to be noted