all but he vs him

0All 01b00the02b00 suspect but him (except for him, excepting him, aside from him)... 02br
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00Of course, when in doubt, rewrite: He was the only one of the suspects who did not deny having committed the crime.0-

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01cite10Anonymous12cite11b10All suspects but he12b10 denied having committed the crime.12br
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10"But he" or "But him"? Which one is correct? 12br
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10I take CJ's signature as a self-evident truh, i.e. there are no facts, only interpretations. And this is my interpretation o

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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10All 11b10the12b10 suspect but him (except for him, excepting him, aside from him)... 12br
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10Of course, when in doubt, rewrite: He was the only one of the suspects who did not deny having committed the crime.12br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10 Going strictly prescriptivist in nature, should it not be 12br
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10"All the suspects but HE...."12br
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10Since we are still considering the pronoun in the subject case? The examples you gave in parentheses take the object form, as the pronoun comes after a prepositi

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20 Going strictly prescriptivist in nature, should it not be 22br
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20"All the suspects but HE...."22br
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20Since we are still considering the pronoun in the subject case? The ex

0This is similar to the discussion about "give it to whoever answers the door" - you need to look at the role the pronoun plays 01i00within the phrase02i00, not the role the phrase playes in the entire sentence.02br
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00But is indeed a preposition: All but him. Him takes the object form because it is the object of a preposition.02br
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite12br
10Yes, Angliholic, 11i10but 12i10is often a conjunction, but it can wear many hats, including preposition.12br
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10OK, GG, let's study our base sentence--All suspects but 11b10he/him12b10 denied having committed the crime.-- in the

0Obviously, as you well know, a is correct in your two choices above. But that is a rewriting of the statement, and "but" is used in a different way. Perhaps you'll note that in my orignal answer I said that if you have doubt, to rewrite it in a way that you can be sure uses the right pronoun.02br
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00Equally obviously, you don't trust my answer, so we'll wait for another

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01cite10Angliholic12cite10From my humble perspective, "but" could be used as a conjunction in many contexts. The following, just to name a few, are some instances:12br
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10A.) All but he were there. 12br
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10B.) He never reads a book but he falls asleep.12br
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1. All but him were present.

In this sentence, 'but' is a preposition so an objective form of a pronoun will follow it. Further, 'but' here means 'except' which is also a preposition.

2. All suspects denied having committed the crime but he didn't (denied having committed the crime).

In this sentence, 'but' is used as a conjunction so a subjective case o