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Futurist Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

A Pronoun Problem

I'm having trouble deciding which pronoun to use in the following sentence:

Men of far higher status than his/he/him might never be granted the same honour now being offered so nonchalantly to him.

I believe the choice of 'his' to be correct, but it jars my ears, so I thought I'd check.

Thanks in advance for your help.
  

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Yes, I like 'his' there. And I'd put 'him' after 'offer' instead of 'to him' at the end.

  • Yes, I like 'his' there.
  • And I'd put 'him' after 'offer' instead of 'to him' at the end.
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Yes, I like 'his' there. And I'd put 'him' after 'offer' instead of 'to him' at the end.

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