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Rahul2689 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Pronouns

Hello teachers

Please explain whether it should to consider a take subject or object form for pronouns.

I don't want anybody but SHE/HER working on this project

Here i think 'BUT' is a conjunction and hence SHE should be used here . But since 'Working' is a gerund here it should be possesive HER nt SHE. Which should i take ????

We scored as many goals as THEY/THEM .

here as many as is a preposition and hence it should be THEM because a pronoun after preposition takes an accusative form , but i know many of you would argue it's incorrect as we should complete the sentence to check which pronoun should be used . Well in this case i get THEY as pronoun because when i complete it i get

We scored as many goals as THEY scored

Nobody but HIM/HE was present.

here 'BUT' is a conjunction as it takes a verb after it and hence it should be HE not HIM

Rahul is as old as I/ME.

here i should complete the sentence and i get Rahul is as old as I am

but grammarians argue that it's a preposition an hence it should take accusative form i.e ME

Please elaborate more on this

Regards
  

Top answer

I don't want anybody but HER working on this projec. her'. The pronoun as parallel to verb object.

  • I don't want anybody but HER working on this projec.
  • her'.
  • The pronoun as parallel to verb object.
  • -- 'As many as' is not a preposition, but both are acceptable, with 'they' even considered hypercorrect by some now.
  • Nobody but HIM/HE was present.
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I don't want anybody but HER working on this projec. 'I don't want...her'. The pronoun as parallel to verb object.

We scored as many goals as THEY/THEM .-- 'As many as' is not a preposition, but both are acceptable, with 'they' even considered hypercorrect by some now.


Nobody but HIM/HE was present.-- 'But' is also a preposition, and the case of this pro
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Thank you

Can you please elaborate more on 'BUT' as a preposition and as a conjunction
Mister Micawber

Nobody but HIM/HE was present.-- 'But' is also a preposition, and the case of this pronoun can be interpreted either way.



Here which one should we choose . My book gives HIM as the ans
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I can give you no more useful information than the usage note from Random House that I have already given you. Did you read that through? If so, what part did you not understand?
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Hello sir

The sentence which you mentioned

Everyone lost faith but SHE(did not lose faith)

Everyone lost faith but HER

Here i didnt get which one to use .

How do i come to know if the word is conjunction or preposition.

Should i complete the sentence like We scored as many as goals as They (scored) or should i check if the word is a preposi
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Use the object pronoun (him, them) in daily writing; use the subject pronoun (he, they) in very formal writing.

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