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Except for you and I, everyone brought a present to the party.

A] Except for you and I, everyone brought
B] With exception of you and I, everyone brought
C] Except for you and I, everyone had brought
D] Except for you and me, everyone brought
E] Except for you and me, everyone had brought

Please explain.
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16 Feb 2008, 01:37

Good One – the object of preposition must contain objective form – eliminate A,B and C
Between D and E, E has incorrect past perfect form.
A] Except for you and I, everyone brought
B] With exception of you and I, everyone brought
C] Except for you and I, everyone had brought
D] Except for you and me, everyone brought
E] Except for you and me, everyone had brought

Answer: D

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Re: SC-me and I [#permalink]

16 Feb 2008, 07:34

can you explain that concept a little more ? what is objective form ?

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Re: SC-me and I [#permalink]

16 Feb 2008, 08:36

Subject Pronoun - I
Object Pronoun - me
Possessive Pronoun - mine

For example: Who are you going to marry ?
Correct : Whom are you going to marry ?

You = subject, pronoun (who) is the object and hence needs to use Object Pronoun (whom).

Except for you and I, everyone brought a present to the party.

You = subject, Pronoun (I) is the object and hence needs to use Object Pronoun (me)

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17 Feb 2008, 19:11

neelesh,

thnks for those tips on subject and object pronouns.
but why is 'had brought' incorrect past perfect?
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19 Feb 2008, 20:54

You use past perfect tense only when you need to compare two past actions. Eg: I had visited my uncle before he died. Here just a simple past is required as there is only 1 past action.

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20 Feb 2008, 16:45

rakesh22 wrote:

You use past perfect tense only when you need to compare two past actions. Eg: I had visited my uncle before he died. Here just a simple past is required as there is only 1 past action.

thank you sir.
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