Here are the correct choices for each sentence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a) All except him<\/strong> have failed. Choosing the correct pronoun form depends on understanding subjective<\/strong> and objective<\/strong> cases in English grammar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s analyze each sentence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n a) All except him have failed.<\/strong> b) She did it better than he.<\/strong> c) Rama and I were present.<\/strong> d) Nobody but he was present.<\/strong> e) I know it was she.<\/strong> In informal contexts, people often use objective forms incorrectly (e.g., \u201cIt was her\u201d), but in formal English, the above choices are grammatically correct<\/p>\n\n\n\n Choose the correct word to fill in the blanks. a) All except (he, him) have failed. b) She did it better than (he, him) c) Rama and (1, me) were present. d) Nobody but (he, him) was present. e) I know it was (she, her) The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Here are the correct […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
b) She did it better than he<\/strong>.
c) Rama and I<\/strong> were present.
d) Nobody but he<\/strong> was present.
e) I know it was she<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nExplanation <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cExcept\u201d functions as a preposition here, and prepositions are followed by an objective<\/strong> pronoun. Hence, \u201chim\u201d is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is a comparison. The full sentence would be: \u201cShe did it better than he did<\/strong>.\u201d The implied verb requires a subjective<\/strong> pronoun, so \u201che\u201d is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When pronouns are used as the subject<\/strong>, use the subjective<\/strong> form. Since \u201cRama and I\u201d are the compound subject of the sentence, \u201cI\u201d is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut\u201d acts like \u201cexcept,\u201d but this is a formal or literary structure where \u201che\u201d is viewed as the subject complement of \u201cnobody.\u201d Since \u201cwas present\u201d links back to \u201che,\u201d the subjective form is appropriate in this context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is a sentence with a linking verb (\u201cwas\u201d), and the pronoun after a linking verb (like \u201cis,\u201d \u201cwas\u201d) should be in the subjective<\/strong> case. Therefore, \u201cshe\u201d is correct. In formal English, we use \u201cIt was she\u201d rather than \u201cIt was her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner9-213.jpeg\")
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