Timeline for "Not they" or "not them"
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| Aug 18, 2014 at 6:58 | comment | added | None | them and they are both third person. They is third person subject. Them is third person object. | |
| Aug 18, 2014 at 0:51 | comment | added | F.E. | I don't think that your coordinate reduction method is applicable here. For consider: "He, not she/her, is responsible for that". | |
| Aug 17, 2014 at 21:40 | comment | added | F.E. | "THEY" is correct. Here's why: "You" is in the 2nd person, therefore, use "THEY", which is also in the second person. "Them" is third person. <== But isn't "THEY" in the 3rd person? | |
| Aug 17, 2014 at 20:59 | history | answered | user9222 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |