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NOTtheONLY Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Simple grammar question
is it correct to say:
An adult, no smarter than you or I....
if it is correct, are there other ways i can say it but keep the same pattern?
(An adult, ......)
An adult, no smarter than you or I....
if it is correct, are there other ways i can say it but keep the same pattern?
(An adult, ......)
Top answer
NOTtheONLY is I s it correct to say: An adult, no smarter than you or I.. Yes. I don't know what other ways to suggest.
- NOTtheONLY is I s it correct to say: An adult, no smarter than you or I..
- Yes.
- I don't know what other ways to suggest.
- CJ
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NOTtheONLYYes. I don't know what other ways to suggest.isIs it correct to say:
An adult, no smarter than you or I..
CJ
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Yes it's OK.
Depending on the rest of the sentence, you may not need a comma after "adult" (or you may need another comma after "I").
Depending on the rest of the sentence, you may not need a comma after "adult" (or you may need another comma after "I").
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ok then is it correct to replace I with me?
meaning: An adult, no smarter than you or me....
meaning: An adult, no smarter than you or me....
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An adult, no smarter than you or me. -Yes, you can do that. Some say it is better since 'than' can be considered a preposition-- and without the following clause ('than I am'), 'I' sounds hyperformal.
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Yes in informal English at least, and more and more so in formal uses.
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i don't need to know if it's formal/informal, i need a straight answer if it's correct to replace "I" with "me".
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When it comes to some topics in English grammar, you'll never get a "straight answer", as you put it, so you might as well stop hoping for one!
Correct usage depends upon the situation in which you find yourself at the time of speaking or on the type of writing you're doing -- whether it's fiction, a newspaper report, a scientific article, a speech for a political candidate, and so on.
Correct usage depends upon the situation in which you find yourself at the time of speaking or on the type of writing you're doing -- whether it's fiction, a newspaper report, a scientific article, a speech for a political candidate, and so on.
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