Question

Which pronoun correctly completes the elliptical clause?

Is everyone who works at this store as helpful as __________?

A. they
B. them

Answer 1

them
not sure how to explain, letter a just sounds wrong. unless you said, as helpful as they ARE

Answer 2

Makes sense, thanks

Answer 3

your welcome

Answer 4

What about this one?

Which pronoun correctly completes the elliptical clause?

Fortunately, Joseph runs faster than __________.

A. she
B. her

I would say B

Answer 5

@moudown828

Answer 6

yea youre right its def her

Answer 7

Look at this example:

Delisa studies with us more than he.
Delisa studies with us more than him.

The first one is correct, says so in my book.

Answer 8

that one sounds a little sketchy, but i guess it would make sense if you meant the delisa studies with us more than he studies with us

Answer 9

I change my answer to A for the Joseph one, dont you think?

Answer 10

@moudown828

Answer 11

no, i think its joseph runs faster than her, but i dont wanna interfere with your test or whatever so do whatever you think is right ynow? all i can do is help you

Answer 12

Ok, thanks. But dont you think that the example helped..? Even though the second example seems more logical and is understood better, its wrong.

Answer 13

@moudown828

Answer 14

yes the example was pretty helpful

Answer 15

The answer to the first one is THEY. With elliptical pronouns, you cannot go by what seems to look and sound right. Example: She liked the movie more than he. (The words more than he liked the movie complete this elliptical comparison.)