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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Comparisons
Why does a comparison sentence not use a nominative case pronoun in the second half when the verb is understood but not included?
Example: She is as tall as me.
Why is it not... She is as tall as I (am)?
Example: She is as tall as me.
Why is it not... She is as tall as I (am)?
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Anonymous Why does a comparison sentence not use a nominative case pronoun in the second half when the verb is understood but not included? She is as tall as me. Why is it not...
- Anonymous Why does a comparison sentence not use a nominative case pronoun in the second half when the verb is understood but not included?
- She is as tall as me.
- Why is it not...
- She is as tall as I (am)?
- " just doesn't sound right to a native speaker's ear.
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AnonymousWhy does a comparison sentence not use a nominative case pronoun in the second half when the verb is understood but not included?
She is as tall as me.
Why is it not... She is as tall as I (am)?
It's because "She is as tall as I." just doesn't sound right to a native speaker's ear. And that's mainly because we usually say "She is as ta
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