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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

PRONOUN USAGE

Please tell me if my pronoun usage is correct in this sentence. "His youngest brother is taller than us."
  

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Yes, your sentence is "good" English. " In regular speech, most native speakers no longer follow this rule. Nevertheless, if you are doing "elegant" writing, you may wish to keep this "old" rule in mind.

— Anonymous

  • Yes, your sentence is "good" English.
  • " In regular speech, most native speakers no longer follow this rule.
  • Nevertheless, if you are doing "elegant" writing, you may wish to keep this "old" rule in mind.
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Yes, your sentence is "good" English. In so-called choice English, some writers may prefer "taller than we" because they feel the complete sentence is "taller than we are tall." In regular speech, most native speakers no longer follow this rule. Nevertheless, if you are doing "elegant" writing, you may wish to keep this "old" rule in mind.
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It informal to use object pronouns after than.
e.g. "His youngest brother is taller than us."
It is formal to use subject pronouns after than. 
e.g. "His youngest brother is taller than we."
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I forgot to say in the formal one the subject pronoun usually comes with a verb.
e.g."His youngest brother is taller than we are."
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