Confusing sentence

AnonymousMy English is better now than it was when I was in primary school.".

I think this is clear.

Just as i thought, but i need explanation why the sentence i gave you is wrong.

Philip didn't say it was wrong.

Remember that we always use a capital letter for the pronoun I.

Let me ask once more because I'm not getting the answer I need. Shouldn't the sentence be "My english is better now than it was in primary school"? Do we really need to put "when I was"? If yes, explain please, because I don't get it... What grammar point should i cover to understand the problem better? "Was" almost twice in a row sounds funny to me.

Balthier Shouldn't the sentence be "My english is better now than it was in primary school"?

This makes is sound as if your English was in primary school. You need to express that you were in primary school.

What do you think about this sentence: "My english is better now than when I was in primary school". Do we really need to use the pronoun+to be after than? I'm trying to grasp the sentence structure but its mind boggling.

Balthier"My english is better now than when I was in primary school". Do we really need to use the pronoun+to be after than?

My English is better now than when in primary school.

That is no doubt OK in context, but not so natural, I think.

So nobody is able to give me a rule? I dont know what to read to understand the structure of the sentence better.

BalthierSo nobody is able to give me a rule?

There is no 'rule'. Not everything has a rule; commonsense plays a strong role in communication.