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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Would you say "You're as slow as me?" or "You're as slow as I am?"
  

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I'm as liable to say one as the other.

  • I'm as liable to say one as the other.
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I'm as liable to say one as the other.
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Both are natural to me.

Your punctuation is wonky. You don't need question marks inside the quotes, you need one question mark at the end of your question, outside the quotes. (Unusually, these sentences might be intoned as questions, in which case question marks are possible, but I doubt that's what you meant.)
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You can hear both. Purists prefer I.
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Mr WordyYour punctuation is wonky. You don't need question marks inside ...
I believe the poster is following the American convention for the use of quotes.

CJ
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CalifJimI believe the poster is following the American convention for the use of quotes.
I assume you'd agree that the first question mark is superfluous, but is the American convention really to put the final question mark inside the quotes? I know about commas and periods, but I didn't realise it extended to question marks.
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Would you say "You're as slow as me?" or "You're as slow as I am?"
Mr Wordy
CalifJimI believe the poster is following the American convention for the use of quotes.

I assume you'd agree that the first question mark is superfluous, but is the American convention really to put the final question mark inside the quotes? I know about co

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