<p>I'm only going to post one for now; have a few that I need to dig out. I'll probably add the others tomorrow.</p>
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<li>Saif knew that the other [applicants] were't [as good as] [him] so he wasn't surprised when the company [offered him] the lucrative position. </li>
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<p>What would the proper thought process be?</p>
<p>Is (him) wrong??</p>
<p>And Btw, Post the answers with the questions.</p>
<p>I would also say “him” should be “he”…</p>
<p>^seconded </p>
<p>…</p>
<p>The answer is C - “him.” The objective case pronoun “him” is not correct in this context. </p>
<p>Here’s how to crack it:</p>
<p>There is an implied verb here. Do you see it? Saif knew that the other applicants were not as good as he was. “Was” is the implied verb. </p>
<p>Use the subjective form here because of the implied verb.</p>
<p>Reinforcement:</p>
<p>He is not as good as me. Wrong</p>
<p>He is not as good as I (am). Correct</p>
<p>IceQube/ is it safe to think of that as comparing a subjective form to another subjective form? That notion of implied verb never appealed to me…</p>
<p>^Well comparing subjective to subjective is the same idea as putting the implied verb.</p>
<p>Implied verb= The TRUE explanation.</p>
<p>Subjective to subjective= The explanation teachers give to students to make it easier for both students and teachers(Avoid painful questions).</p>
<p>Yep, you guys got it (C is the error).</p>
<p>In his guide, silverturtle says that comparing a subjective case to an objective case (in this case, him) is an error; my problem was just blanking out and forgetting that there was a comparison being made. </p>
<p>IceQube’s explanation about the implied verb made it a lot clearer. Thanks for the help guys!</p>