sc doubt- no one but..

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by raunekk » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:49 am
imo:B

as the sentence is spoken by the person- we need 1st person pronoun- I

also for the person speaking of we need 3rd person - he

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by sjd00d » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:51 am
IMO C

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by casfguy » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:49 am
Will go with B.
same explanation as raunekk

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Re: sc doubt- no one but..

by piyush_nitt » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:34 pm
dgr8onerip wrote:att added
We need a Object form of I here .. that is me ..

and he instead of him ,

IMO C

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by dgr8onerip » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:42 am
guys i am really confused as the OA states the answer as option A
reason it says we need a progressive pronoun hence him should be used

someone please exp

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by Alara533 » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:48 am
IMO its B.

OA can be wrong.

I normally decide the subject/object pronoun by making it a question.

Who could have told them? -> He
Who was the thief? -> I

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by dreamzz2010 » Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:25 am
when to use ME and when to use I ???

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by awesomeusername » Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:37 am
I bet no one will find a question like this on the actual GMAT. It's just wrong on so many levels.

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