It ought to be her ........

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by needthis » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:24 am
I recall my English teacher once told me that the correct form to use when answering a question
like this is:
Who is it?
It is I.
But "me" is so widely used, it's accepted as correct.

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by badresh70 » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:48 am
IMO : A

Please post the correct answer with explanation.

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by Bek » Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:44 pm
https://www.majortests.com/sat/sentence- ... ion-test01
10. It ought to be her with whom you share your secrets, not me.

A. her with whom you share your secrets, not me
B. her with whom you share your secrets, not I.
C. she with whom you share your secrets, not me.
D. she with whom you share your secrets, not I.
E. her with who you share your secrets, not me.

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

After the different forms of the verb to be, we use subject forms of pronouns, except after the infinitive where we use the object form.

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by GmatKiss » Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:52 am
IMO: A what is OA?

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by ronnie1985 » Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:26 am
I vote for (A)


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by GmatKiss » Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:48 am
IMO : A

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by Ganesh hatwar » Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:21 pm
A

me Vs I

I choose me and whom over who and not she

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by chris558 » Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:05 am

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by phanikpk » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:01 am
A itself finally...

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by atshy21saraf » Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:27 am
Answer should be A

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by jaspreetsra » Sun Dec 28, 2014 6:49 pm
It ought to be her with whom you share your secrets, not me.

(A) her with whom you share your secrets, not me.
(B) her with whom you share your secrets, not I.
(C) she with whom you share your secrets, not me.
(D) she with whom you share your secrets, not I.
(E) her with who you share your secrets, not me.

IMO: A (just a guess)
But don't know the logic.
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by binit » Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:01 am
That's pretty confusing.. After all we have a number of conflicting replies here :roll:

Okay my take on this:

1. SHE vs HER: the relative pronoun WHOM (who, whom, which, that, whoever, whichever etc. are called relative pronouns) replaces she/her, so to check which one is correct replace WHOM with SHE/HER and check. U share with SHE or U share with HER - easy pizzy..

2. I vs ME: Omit the dependent clause (too technical!!). Okay remove the WHOM clause and u are done!! It ought to be her, not me vs It ought to be her, not I - easy, isn't it??

So, I'll choose A.

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by nikhilgmat31 » Thu Aug 20, 2015 11:40 pm
I will go with A

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by nikhilgmat31 » Thu Aug 20, 2015 11:40 pm
I will go with A