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HMFindlay Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Comparative : Someone made me confused again!

0The tutor today told the students something that made me wonder. He told us that:02br
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00He is taller than me : WRONG02br
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00He is taller than I : CORRECT02br
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00I was shocked and then he told the class that the second one is correct because the phrase is actually 'He is taller than I (am)' as to equalise/balance the 'is' to something which in this case is 'am'02br
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00Is he right and is it true that the first one which I've been using my whole life is wrong? But previously no one ever told me that it is incorrect and I've always seen people wrote and still write using the first way! 050010id7
  

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0i suppose both are possible. in my opinion 01font 00me02font 00 sounds better than 01font 00i. 02font 00and i have never used that.

— Yunus

  • 0i suppose both are possible.
  • in my opinion 01font 00me02font 00 sounds better than 01font 00i.
  • 02font 00and i have never used that.
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  • i'm stronger than him.
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0i suppose both are possible. in my opinion 01font00me02font00 sounds better than 01font00i. 02font00and i have never used that. 02br
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00e.g. i'm stronger than him. but using of 01font00than me 00is common and using of00 than i 02font
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0Both are possible, I guess. "Than" can be a preposition or a conjunction. If you consider it's a conjunction, then you write "he's taller than 01b00I02b00 (am)". If you consider it's a preposition, then you use the complement form of the pronoun: "he's taller than 01b00me02b00".0-
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0Sorry, he was right. 02br
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00This is where you get into what sounds right to your ears (taller than me) and what is right grammatically - (taller than I am). 02br
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00It's sad but true that if you say "taller than I" people will think you're being snooty and pedantic, even though it's correct. But if you say "taller than I am" it sounds okay. So yo
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0So "than" cannot be considered as a preposition there?0-
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0But since I see most people 'me/him/...' I assumed it to be ok even though it is gramatically correct? Is it ok or no?0-
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0Hmm. This could be a case of hyper-correction that I was subjected (or was is "subject"?) to when I was younger.02br
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00If I said 01i00I can jump higher than him02i00 - I mean I can jump higher than his height.02br
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00If I said 01i00I can jump higher than he02i00 - I mean my jumping ability is better t
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10The tutor today told the students something that made me wonder. He told us that:12br
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10He is taller than me : WRONG12br
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10He is taller than I : CORRECT12br
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10I was shocked and then he told the class that the second one is cor
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