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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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they vs. them

Do I use subjective case they or objective case them in a sentence like: Mary and John were determined it would not be they who received the lowest scores in class.
  

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Anonymous Do I use subjective case they or objective case them in a sentence like: Mary and John were determined it would not be they who received the lowest scores in class. You may use either, but the tendency is to use objective case when the noun is in the predicate position.

  • Anonymous Do I use subjective case they or objective case them in a sentence like: Mary and John were determined it would not be they who received the lowest scores in class.
  • You may use either, but the tendency is to use objective case when the noun is in the predicate position.
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AnonymousDo I use subjective case they or objective case them in a sentence like: Mary and John were determined it would not be they who received the lowest scores in class.
You may use either, but the tendency is to use objective case when the noun is in the predicate position.

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