He invited my brother and I to pay him a visit.
Who did they send on that mission?
They who he has most injured, he had the greatest reason to love.
RULE XXI.
The verb _to be_ may have the same case after it as before it; as, "_I_
am the _man_;" "I believe _it_ to have been _them;_" "_He_ is the
_thief_."
NOTE 1. When nouns or pronouns next preceding and following the verb
_to be_, signify the _same thing_, they are _in apposition_, and,
therefore, in the _same case_. Rule 21 is predicated on the
principle contained in Rule 7.
2. The verb _to be_ is often understood; as, "The Lord made _me
man_; He made _him what_ he was;" that is, "The Lord made me _to be_
man; He made him _to be that which_ he was." "They desired me to
call _them brethren_;" i.e. _by the name of_ brethren. "They named
_him John_;" i.e. _by the name of_ John; or, by the _name_ John;
putting these two nouns in _apposition_.
FALSE SYNTAX.
I know it to be they.
Improper, because _it_ is in the objective case before the verb "to be,"
and _they_ is in the nominative after; consequently, Rule 21 is
violated.
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