Question

Read the sentence. Because she was well prepared and organized, Vivian interviewed better than _____. Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence’s elliptical clause? them he her us

Answer 1

Vivian interviewed better than us

Answer 2

Answer:

I believe the best answer choice from the list of options here, to complete the sentence in the question: Because she was well prepared and organized, Vivian interviewed better than:______, would be he.

Explanation:

Elliptical clauses are a writing device in which the information about a subject and/or object in a sentence are implied rather than stated. Usually, they are used as a form of comparisson with the information in the main sentence where the clause in inserted. In this case, since the main subject of the sentence is a nominative feminine pronoun (she), to talk about Vivian, we must also choose another such pronoun for coherence to exist. From the list of nominative pronouns available, the best one from the choices given, and that would preserve coherence, would be he.