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Karansardana Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
A question about Comparisons
I'm getting confused about making comparisons in english language
For example -
He is as tall as Karan ? or he is as tall as karan is? I think, the second one is correct.
She's slightly less interested in football than him/She's slightly less interested in football than he is ?
He is playing as fearlessly as he has been doing ever since he started playing ?
You're as good as me ? this one seems wrong. You're as good as I am? second one seems correct.
She is as old as I am? right ?
She sings better than I do ? Right? She sings better than me?
I'd be grateful if anyone could explain this to me in an elaborative manner.
For example -
He is as tall as Karan ? or he is as tall as karan is? I think, the second one is correct.
She's slightly less interested in football than him/She's slightly less interested in football than he is ?
He is playing as fearlessly as he has been doing ever since he started playing ?
You're as good as me ? this one seems wrong. You're as good as I am? second one seems correct.
She is as old as I am? right ?
She sings better than I do ? Right? She sings better than me?
I'd be grateful if anyone could explain this to me in an elaborative manner.
Top answer
A liberal grammarian would consider all your examples correct even though using me after as and than is rather informal since those two words are not prepositions and thus using an object form after them is controversial. I would avoid as me and than me in serious writing. There is no agreement on what you ask and the "right" answer depends on the person.
- A liberal grammarian would consider all your examples correct even though using me after as and than is rather informal since those two words are not prepositions and thus using an object form after them is controversial.
- I would avoid as me and than me in serious writing.
- There is no agreement on what you ask and the "right" answer depends on the person.
- CB
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A liberal grammarian would consider all your examples correct even though using me after as and than is rather informal since those two words are not prepositions and thus using an object form after them is controversial. I would avoid as me and than me in serious writing.
There is no agreement on what you ask and the "right" answer depends on the perso
There is no agreement on what you ask and the "right" answer depends on the perso
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