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Study Grammar. Personal pronouns
Personal pronouns are used to talk about yourself, the people you are talking to, the people you are referring to.
Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) refer to the subject of a clause, while object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, them) are used as objects after verbs and prepositions.
According to traditional grammar, we should use subject pronouns after linking verb to be. Now object pronouns are commonly used in these structures:
Who said that? Her. (informal)
Who said that? She did. (formal)
I think I speak English better than her. (informal)
I think I speak English better than she does. (formal)
It was me who asked the question. (informal)
It was I who asked the question. (formal)
I was the one who asked the question. (neutral)
We usually use object pronouns after except and but (= except). Subject pronouns in these structures are old-fashioned and may sound awkward.
Everybody attended the meeting except us. (neutral)
I can rely on anybody but him. (neutral)
No one but she ever made a perfect score on the test. (very formal, old-fashioned)
