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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

me or I

I saw an English movie where a woman says to her friend-"You have way better taste than me." Her friend immediately corrects her by saying-"You have way better taste than I."

So which one is correct? The former sentence or the latter one?
  

Top answer

The first woman is using the word "than" as a preposition, so its object "me" has the proper case. " so the subject "I" of the dependent clause has the proper case. "

  • The first woman is using the word "than" as a preposition, so its object "me" has the proper case.
  • " so the subject "I" of the dependent clause has the proper case.
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The first woman is using the word "than" as a preposition, so its object "me" has the proper case.

The second woman is using the word than as a conjunction to mean "You have way better taste than I (have)." so the subject "I" of the dependent clause has the proper case.

Such sentences don't always mean the same thing:

"Mary likes you more than I" means "Mary likes you mo
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So both the sentences are correct then.

The first woman also suggested the sentence "You have way better taste than I do" to her friend. I am assuming that this one is correct too?
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There is no potential ambiguity in the case of the original sentence, but a pedant might choose "I" over "me" anyway. Personally, I would add the auxiliary "do" after "I" in the second version. Ending a sentence with a pronoun in the nominative (subject) case, while perfectly grammatical, may seem somewhat pretentious or artificial in today's English.
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Anonymous"You have way better taste than I do" to her friend. I am assuming that this one is correct too?
Yes.

If you are taking an English test, especially in a "classical" context, choose "I."
In Victorian English, "me" would be considered incorrect.
In everyday contemporary English conversation, "I" (without the following "do") sounds awfu
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Thanks a lot everyone!Emotion: smile

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