I am not fairly sure whether or not it was Ali, but it could have been him.
Correct answer: D. him
- A. fairly
- B. whether or not
- C. it
- D. him
Explanation
Replace "him" with "he":The sentence is incorrect because it uses the object pronoun "him" when it should use the subject pronoun "he" after the verb "was." In this case, "he" is the correct choice to function as the subject complement. Therefore, replacing "him" with "he" makes the sentence grammatically correct.
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