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No one but him could have told them that the king was I.

by dare2 » Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:53 pm
No one but him could have told them that the king was I.

(A) him could have told them that the king was I.

(B) he could have told them that the king was me.

(C) him could have told them the king was me.

(D) he could have told them that the king was I.

(E) him could had told them that the king was I.
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by manishankar » Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:57 pm
I guess C is the right answer

B & D can be eliminated as it uses the pronoun "he"
between A,C & E, C uses the correct pronoun "me" at the end.

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by kvcpk » Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:02 am
Will go with B
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by ashish2104 » Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:06 am
would go with C. Picked C for meaning.
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by paes » Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:26 am
what is OA ?

Not sure about any choice.

Can somebody give a good explanation ?
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by selango » Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:51 am
IMO C

"them" is in objective case.

Note that objective case of pronouns is used.

Objective case are me,Him/Her,Them,us,whom.

So "him" and "me" must be used.
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by paes » Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:54 am
selango wrote:IMO C

"them" is in objective case.

Note that objective case of pronouns is used.

Objective case are me,Him/Her,Them,us,whom.

So "him" and "me" must be used.
selango :

No one (but <X>) could have told them that the king was I.

I think that X should be parallel to No one i.e it should be the subject for the sentence not the object.
So 'he' should be correct not him.
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by Jai_itguys » Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:02 am
IMO this question tests the pronoun case: Subjective/Objective/Possesive

No one but him could have told them that the king was I.

1. him-> Acting as the subject so should have subjective pronoun 'He'
2. king was I-> 'was' is an intransitive linking verb with I as object; hence, objective pronoun "me" should have been used

Option 'B' -he could have told them that the king was me- seems to be the right answer to me.

looking forward to the official answer.
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by dare2 » Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:31 am
Jai_itguys wrote:IMO this question tests the pronoun case: Subjective/Objective/Possesive

No one but him could have told them that the king was I.

1. him-> Acting as the subject so should have subjective pronoun 'He'
2. king was I-> 'was' is an intransitive linking verb with I as object; hence, objective pronoun "me" should have been used

Option 'B' -he could have told them that the king was me- seems to be the right answer to me.

looking forward to the official answer.
well guys.. OA is option A.

except, no one but.... take objective form of pronouns after them.. (him here)
linking verb takes subjective form of pronouns after it.. (I here)
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by selango » Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:56 am
Totally stumped..
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by kvcpk » Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:09 am
selango wrote:Totally stumped..
Absolutely!! Looked pretty simple, but shook the foundation.....
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by selango » Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:19 am
Is but a preposition?Objective pronouns must come after preposition.
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by prosaicblabber » Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:15 am
good question .
I was sure about "I" by using flipping .
"the king was me" -> me was the king (wrong)
"the king was i" - > i was the king (correct)
Although was not aware of usage of objective pronoun
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NO ONE BUT ...

TAKEAWAY for me :

NO ONE BUT .... takes objective pronoun :)
i never have a "TO -DO" list and i end up having a lot of "NOW WAT TO DO ?" lists
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by selango » Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:25 am
Yes I also thought the same.I was the king.

But selected the option C to maintain parallelism[Objective pronoun].Still its not correct.

Here are some notes about Objective case of pronouns

1.Objective form of pronouns are used after prepositions.

2.Objective form of pronouns are usually used after verbs.

Exception to rule2:the exception to this rule is verb "be"
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by prosaicblabber » Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:49 am
@dare2
what is your source of question and source of explanation?
i never have a "TO -DO" list and i end up having a lot of "NOW WAT TO DO ?" lists
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