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1) She's a more skilled swimmer than me.2) She's more a skilled swimmer than me.Which is correct?

Teechr · Accepted Answer

Anonymous She's a more skilled swimmer than I am. ~~me.~~

Anonymous · Answer

teechr Anonymous She's a more skilled swimmer than I am. me.

I'd argue that in my examples "than" is a preposition (used in comparisons) hence the objective "me" after it.

Tamguatlay · Answer

teechr Anonymous She's a more skilled swimmer than I am. ~~me.~~

"than I am" is formal; "than me" is informal.

Anonymous · Answer

tamguatlay teechr Anonymous She's a more skilled swimmer than I am. me."than I am" is formal; "than me" is informal.

I think it has nothing to do with the formal or not English. The argument is whether "then" is a preposition in "then me" in contrast with "then" in "then I am" where "then" is a conjunction.

Aperisic · Answer

First of all, instead of "me" you need to have "I am" especially in writing

Observe that you are combining two sentences

She's a skilled swimmer.
She's more skilled than me.

so if there is no background story, this is not a good style, mixing two new pieces of information in the same sentence.

Apart from that:

She's more something than something else

is a typical self-reflection construction

She's more of a swimmer than a tailor.
She's more a skilled swimmer than a skilled tailor.

Explanation about me - I am

Imagine a sentence:

She's a driver more than a singer.

a driver - a singer, this is what you compare

She's a driver more than me.

now you are comparing a driver and yourself!

She's a driver more than (she is) me.

That is why you need I am

She's a driver more than I am (a driver).

For these reasons, you have one choice only, apart from a possible bad styling (which does not exclude a combination of contracted she's with I am):

She's a more skilled swimmer than I am.

This construction does not sound as bad if you add more into it:

She's a more skilled swimmer now, than I'll ever be.

This last sentence is making it quite obvious that you need "I am" instead of "me". You cannot conjugate "me" in tenses.

Ivanhr · Answer

This kind of question's been asked ad nauseam and the answer is "me is correct if than is considered a preposition and I am is correct when than is treated as a conjunction.".

So, both are correct.

Anonymous · Answer

IvanhrThis kind of question's been asked ad nauseam and the answer is "me is correct if than is considered a preposition and I am is correct when than is treated as a conjunction.".So, both are correct.

I couldn't agree more.

Fivejedjon · Answer

AnonymousI couldn't agree more.

It seems strange that you shouls write this then:

I'd argue that in my examples "than" is a preposition (used in comparisons) hence the objective "me" after it.

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