Sentence Correction

We want the teacher to be him who has the best rapport with the students
A. We want the teacher to be him
B. We want the teacher to be he
C. We want him to be the teacher
D. We desire that the teacher to be him
E. We anticipate that the teacher will be him

The right answer is B.
Why?

I'd go for C. -.--.-

I chose C also!
The explanation is:

"He" is the subject of the sentence which takes who as the relative pronoun.

Can some one explain it for me, please?

Katrusya wrote:I chose C also!
The explanation is:

"He" is the subject of the sentence which takes who as the relative pronoun.

Can some one explain it for me, please?

First: "he" is a personal pronoun subject while "him" is a personal pronoun object. Since "has" must have a subject, we have to use the subject form of the pronoun as the subject of "has"..

Second: If you look at the original sentence carefully, you'll understand that "we want the teacher to be a person with some desired traits" and not "somebody to become the teacher with those same traits."
That's a significant difference in meaning.

The GMAT Chef wrote:

Second: If you look at the original sentence carefully, you'll understand that "we want the teacher to be a person with some desired traits" and not "somebody to become the teacher with those same traits."
That's a significant difference in meaning. [/quote]

Got it!
GMAC often places ONE instead of HE and vice versa.
We want the teacher to be one who has...
Thanks

Katrusya wrote:We want the teacher to be him who has the best rapport with the students
A. We want the teacher to be him
B. We want the teacher to be he
C. We want him to be the teacher
D. We desire that the teacher to be him
E. We anticipate that the teacher will be him

The right answer is B.
Why?

who is the relative pronoun - so we need some subject before 'who' -- therefore, correct answer is B. as he is the subject of who