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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
He/him in a sentence
Which is correct?
I think you are taller than he.
I think you are taller than him.
I think you are taller than he.
I think you are taller than him.
Top answer
I think you're taller than him.
- I think you're taller than him.
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Greetings,
according to traditionally 'correct' usage, in comparative constructions the subjective pronoun ('he') should be used, best of all with the operator after it:
I think you are taller than he is.
However, as Dave showed, informal usage favours the objective form
I think you are taller than him
apparently treating than as a
according to traditionally 'correct' usage, in comparative constructions the subjective pronoun ('he') should be used, best of all with the operator after it:
I think you are taller than he is.
However, as Dave showed, informal usage favours the objective form
I think you are taller than him
apparently treating than as a
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