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Unprlld Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

pronouns

1. It was she/her at the window.
2. An invitation was sent for he/him and she/her.
3. It will be we/us who decide on this matter.
4. If you were I/me, would you accept the job?

I have doubts regarding these sentences. Please make me sure where am I wrong?
  

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unprlld 1. 2. 3.

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unprlld1. It was she/her at the window.2. An invitation was sent for he/him and she/her.3. It will be we/us who decide on this matter.4. If you were I/me, would you accept the job?
1. Some feel that only subjective 'she' is correct, but 'her' is what you hear/see most often in British English.
2. 'him' and 'her', following 'for'.
3. 'we', though you'll
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Kindly tell me the concrete answers for the above. Most appropriate word that fits in, is the actual problem? I'm unable to determine what is the best answer.
My answers:-
1.her (why)
2. him and her (convinced)
3. us (not sure)
4. me (but the answer sheet says:- I ) why
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There are no 'concrete answers' to this question in British English.
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Mister Micawber have your say
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You have hit upon a place in English where the language is evolving.

Strict traditional grammar rules will tell you one answer, but modern native speakers do not follow this rule anymore, and use the other form. So you can follow the "rules" in class, but then not use them in normal conversation and writing. If you do use the old forms, people will look at you with a strange expression
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AlpheccaStars If you do use the old forms, people will look at you with a strange expression and think you are a time traveler from the Victorian age or just being snotty and putting on airs.
I agree. Often when I hear/see that form A or Usage B is 'strictly speaking' correct, it is something that was drummed into me at school over 50 years by by my very trad
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fivejedjon I have been accused in other forums of contributing to the 'dumbing down' of English
I wonder if the Bard himself would critique our modern tongue as being "dumbed down."
I doubt it. He was a great experimenter with language - both vocabulary and forms, and probably was accused and blamed for his unconventional modernity among his own peers.

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