English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

I guess it was ~him~ (nonstandard).
I guess it was *he* (standard).
Subjective forms (I, we, you, he, she, they) are used after “to be”verbs (am, is, are, was, were).

Between ~you and I,~ this should be a secret (nonstandard).
Between *you and me,* this should be a secret (standard).
The objective forms (me, us, him, her, them) are used after prepositions (between, before, after, to, from).

He is taller than ~me~ (nonstandard).
He is taller than *I* (standard).
The subjective forms are used after conjunctions such as “as” and “than”.
GAB

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