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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
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A fish would be better at cycling than me with a cryptic crossword.

Hi

Could you please tell me if you find this sentence natural? If no, please edit it.

A fish would be better at cycling than me with a cryptic crossword.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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It sounds like the fish is better at cycling than you are. A fish would be better at cycling than I am at solving a cryptic crossword. ]

— Ferdis

  • It sounds like the fish is better at cycling than you are.
  • A fish would be better at cycling than I am at solving a cryptic crossword.
  • ]
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It sounds like the fish is better at cycling than you are.

A fish would be better at cycling than I am at solving a cryptic crossword.

[rewrote it to "I am" to avoid the whole than-I-versus-than-me issue; 'than' is a proper conjunction now.]
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Mr. TomHi

Could you please tell me if you find this sentence natural? If no, please edit it.

A fish would be better at cycling than me with a cryptic crossword.

Thanks,

Tom

A fish would be better at cycling than I would be with a cryptic crossword.
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A fish would be better at cycling than I would be with a cryptic crossword.

Thanks!

Can't the first "would be" serve the both subjects in the sentence--"fish" and "I"?

For example:

A fish would be better at cycling than I (would be) with a cryptic crossword.

Tom

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Hi,

Can't the first "would be" serve the both subjects in the sentence--"fish" and "I"?

For example:

A fish would be better at cycling than I (would be) with a cryptic crossword.

Yes, fine. I'd prefer to replace 'with' with a second 'at'.



This sentence sounds like it was inspired by the famous feminist quotation
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