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Standard English Conventions practice question
Nobody in the crew has sailed the strait more often than ____
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. he has.Correct
- B. him has.
- C. himself.
- D. his.
Answer: A. he has.
'Than he has': the pronoun is the subject of 'has'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. him has.
- 'Him has' uses an object pronoun as a subject.
- C. himself.
- 'Himself' is reflexive and has no antecedent in the clause.
- D. his.
- 'His' is possessive.
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