But not him/he

[Banglardon]

Which one is correct?


1- Everyone in our family likes vegetables, but not him.

2- Everyone in our family likes vegetables, but not he.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Which one is correct?


1- Almost everyone in our family likes vegetables, but not him.

2- Almost everyone in our family likes vegetables, but not he.

There are probably arguments to be made for and against both of them.

I like:

- Everyone in our family likes vegetables but him.

- Everyone in our family but him likes vegetables.

- Everyone in our famly likes vegetables except him.

- Everyoe in our family except him likes vegetables.

- Almost everyone in our family likes vegetables, but he doesn't.

 

[TheParser]

NOT A TEACHER

Banglardon, I found these sentences in a grammar that is respected by many teachers and students.

1. "The students had a good time but not John."
2. "The students had a good time but John did not." (My source does not use a comma after "time." I think that many American sources would.)

Therefore, I assume that my source might prefer "Everyone in our family likes vegetables but not he." ("... but he does not.")

Nevertheless, I feel that most native speakers here in the (United) States would feel more comfortable with "him."


Source: Quirk et al., A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (1985), page 709.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

. . . I feel that most native speakers here in the (United) States would feel more comfortable with "him." . . .

Yep! A lot of Americans do. Maybe most. But this American would say "but he doesn't."

That way I'm not saying that people like vegetables but they don't like him.

 

[jutfrank]

Of course, it would be unambiguous to use apart from or except for.

Everyone in our family likes vegetable apart from him.