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Identify the grammatically correct option to replace the underlined part in the sentence: 'All, but her, had made an attempt.'
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All, but she,
All, but herself,
All, but her,
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Solution:
Step 1: Analyze the phrase 'but her'. In this construction, 'but' functions as a quasi-conjunction meaning 'except for'. Step 2: When 'but' serves to exclude a subject from a larger group that performs the action, the pronoun following it should be in the subjective case, as it is implicitly the subject of an omitted verb. The sentence can be rephrased as 'All had made an attempt, but she had not (made an attempt)'. Step 3: The subjective pronoun for 'her' is 'she'. Step 4: Therefore, 'All, but she,' is the grammatically correct phrasing.
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