Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement. It was him who encouraged I when I was feeling low. (a) No substitution required (b) he who encouraged me (c) he who encouraged I (d) him who encourages me

Options

A. No substitution required
B. he who encouraged me
C. he who encouraged I
D. him who encourages me

Answer

B

Explanation

We need to use the nominative case of the pronoun after linking a verb. So, we will use "It was he" where "was" is the linking verb. The next pronoun will be in the objective case so we will use “me”. Going through the options , only option b satisfies the condition.