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Ivanhr Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Confusion

Hi,

1. I love you more than her.

When you hear this do you interpret this sentence as 'You love me more than you love her or You love me more than she loves me ? I guess both meanings are valid depeding on whether 'her' is considered a subject or object complement.

Do you think it's better to use 'I love you more than she (does)' if the second meaning is intended, thus avoiding confusion.
  

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It means to say : I love you more than she loves you. Or, I love you more than she does. If you do use 'she' at the end of the sentence, you'll have to write 'does' aswell to avoide confusion.

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  • It means to say : I love you more than she loves you.
  • Or, I love you more than she does.
  • If you do use 'she' at the end of the sentence, you'll have to write 'does' aswell to avoide confusion.
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It means to say : I love you more than she loves you. Or, I love you more than she does.

If you do use 'she' at the end of the sentence, you'll have to write 'does' aswell to avoide confusion.
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Native speakers often say, "I love you more than she." It is true, however, that many add "does" because they think it sounds too "bookish" with only "she."
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IvanhrWhen you hear this do you interpret this sentence as 'You love me more than you love her
Yes.
Ivanhror You love me more than she loves me ?
Never. Impossible.

CJ
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Thank you CJ. I only asked because my grammar book says that native speakers sometimes confuse the two meanings (they're not sure which one is meant).
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IvanhrThank you CJ. I only asked because my grammar book says that native speakers sometimes confuse the two meanings (they're not sure which one is meant).

Not so much in the example you offered, but there are ambiguous examples. Let's take an example with the pronoun you, which is the same in both subject and object case.

I visi
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aman_2580It means to say : I love you more than she loves you. Or, I love you more than she does.

If you do use 'she' at the end of the sentence, you'll have to write 'does' aswell to avoide confusion.

Actually, you have this backwards.

I love you more than her.
Meaning 1: I love you more than I love her.
Meaning 2: I love
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