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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

him/he

Which is correct?

A. Mark promised that he would call; was it him who left the message?

B. Mark promised that he would call; was it he who left the meaasge?
  

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Google Ngrams shows that "was it he who" is used much more often than "was it him who", but note that less formally we can say "was he the one who". CJ

  • Google Ngrams shows that "was it he who" is used much more often than "was it him who", but note that less formally we can say "was he the one who".
  • CJ
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Google Ngrams shows that "was it he who" is used much more often than "was it him who", but note that less formally we can say "was he the one who".

CJ

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