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“It is they who lied” or “it is them who lied?”“It is they who lied” or “it is them who lied?”

Why does "most of..." take an object pronoun, such as them, and not they? Do all prepositional constructs do this?

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edited Jan 22, 2013 at 1:31

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“It is they who lied” or “it is them who lied?”

Why does "most of..." take an object pronoun, such as them, and not they? Do all prepositional constructs do this?

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asked Jan 21, 2013 at 19:36

Why "most of them" and not "most of they"?

Why does "most of..." take an object pronoun, such as them, and not they? Do all prepositional constructs do this?

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