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JimmyH Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Pronoun comparison..

John runs faster than I do.
John runs faster than me do.
John runs faster than me.
John runs faster than I.

Which one of these is correct and why?

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

If you have a verb (do), you need the subject pronoun ( I ). Otherwise, either pronoun is acceptable. So the example with "me do" is wrong, and all the others are OK.

— CalifJim

  • If you have a verb (do), you need the subject pronoun ( I ).
  • Otherwise, either pronoun is acceptable.
  • So the example with "me do" is wrong, and all the others are OK.
  • CJ
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If you have a verb (do), you need the subject pronoun ( I ). Otherwise, either pronoun is acceptable.

So the example with "me do" is wrong, and all the others are OK.

CJ
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But I have heard people say it's not acceptable in english to use any subject pronoun after THAN. If that's the case, we shouldn't use "ME" after "THAN" perhaps?
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You can believe what you have read above and ignore what those other people say. (Who are they, anyway?)

Rover
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Huzaifa AsifI have heard people say it's not acceptable in english to use any subject pronoun after THAN.
Apparently those people haven't seen the 293,000,000 instances of that on Google.
Huzaifa AsifIf that's the case, we shouldn't use "ME" after "THAN" perhaps?
You are confused. You are talking about 'me' as if it were a
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