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To: BuddhaBoy
A child born "to he and his wife"----I was thought that one uses "him" following a preposition. "To him and his wife"--and this from a "journalist".
167 posted on 12/09/2002 1:12:16 PM PST by MHT
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To: MHT; BuddhaBoy
A child born "to he and his wife"----I was thought that one uses "him" following a preposition. "To him and his wife"--

You are correct, of course, MHT. But I always learned it this other way: for example, "A child born to him" (would therefore also be "to him and his wife"). Another example, third person: "The administration has given us</> students no alternative" (as opposed to "we." Remove "students" and you'd see "we" would be wrong "the administration has given we no alternative"). I was taught to complete a sentence with/without the word(s) in question.

170 posted on 12/09/2002 1:28:00 PM PST by nicmarlo
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