Which describes how the underlined pronoun is used in the sentence?

Who built that waterwheel in your backyard? ('Who' is underlined.)

A.
predicate nominative

B.
object of a preposition

C.
subject

D.
direct object

Question

Which describes how the underlined pronoun is used in the sentence? 

Who built that waterwheel in your backyard? ('Who' is underlined.)
 
 A.
predicate nominative
 
 B.
object of a preposition
 
 C.
subject
 
 D.
direct object

anonymous · Answer

Do you know whats predicate nominative?

jokersmart · Answer

A word in the nominative case that completes a copulative verb

jokersmart · Answer

I heard that it could be C though...

anonymous · Answer

A.what's predicate nominative : a word in the nominative case that completes a copulative verb, such as son in the sentence Charlie is my son.

B.what's object of a preposition : PREPOSITIONS. A prepositional phrase is a group of words containing a preposition, a noun or pronoun object of the preposition, and any modifiers of the object. A preposition sits in front of (is “pre-positioned” before) its object.

C.what's subject : 1.a person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with.  2. a branch of knowledge studied or taught in a school, college, or university.

D.what's direct object : a noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb, for example the dog in Jimmy fed the dog.