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Which sentence uses the correct pronoun?

a. there were about ten people in line behind her.
b. there were about ten people in line behind he.
c. there were about ten people in line behind we.
d. there were about ten people in line behind they.

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User MrGreg
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A. "behind he" doesn't make sense--it would have to read "behind him" to be the correct form. "behind we" doesn't make sense either; you'd want "behind us." "behind they" is also incorrect, but corrected, it would be "behind them."
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