You don't drive like her...

[nq:1]There's a car insurance commercial that's driving me... to distraction. "You don't drive like her so why are you paying the same premiums as her?" Is that second "her" right or wrong?[/nq]
Wrong.
GFH

[nq:2]There's a car insurance commercial that's driving me... to distraction. ... premiums as her?" Is that second "her" right or wrong?[/nq]
[nq:1]Wrong.[/nq]
Using "she" in an advertisement, though, would sound entirely unidiomatic and lah-di-dah to my ear.

Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed

[nq:1]On 30 May 2009, wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Wrong.[/nq]
[nq:1]Using "she" in an advertisement, though, would sound entirely unidiomatic and lah-di-dah to my ear.[/nq]
"You don't drive like she does so why are you paying the same premiums as she is?" Ta-dah!

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M. Cope:
[nq:2]"You don't drive like her so why are you paying the same premiums as her?" Is that second "her" right or wrong?[/nq]
George F.H.:
[nq:1]Wrong.[/nq]
Wrong, it's right.

Mark Brader, Toronto > "Mark is probably right about something, (Email Removed) > but I forget what" Rayan Zachariassen

[nq:1]M. Cope: George F.H.:[/nq]
[nq:2]Wrong.[/nq]
[nq:1]Wrong, it's right.[/nq]
To be fair to our enquirer, we should make it clear that you're right for an informal register, but it would be quite wrong in formal language. In fact, the phrase "drive like her" would also be inadvisable for formal use.

Mike.

[nq:1]There's a car insurance commercial that's driving me... to distraction. "You don't drive like her so why are you paying the same premiums as her?" Is that second "her" right or wrong?[/nq]
Technically, both the second and the first "her" are wrong! The sentence has an implication, an unstated object. The real meaning of the sentence is, "You don't drive like her drives, so why are you pa

[nq:2]There's a car insurance commercial that's driving me... to distraction. ... premiums as her?" Is that second "her" right or wrong?[/nq]
[nq:1]Technically, both the second and the first "her" are wrong! The sentence has an implication, an unstated object. The real ... drive like her drives, so why are you paying the same premiums as her pays?" See how wrong that is?[/nq]
Yup.
But

[nq:2]Technically, both the second and the first "her" are wrong! ... same premiums as her pays?" See how wrong that is?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yup. But substituting "she" for both instances of "her" sounds just as wrong (even though it might be right)![/nq]
Well, that's English for you. If it isn't one thing, it's another.

You choose your style as best you can. Remember, opinions about it wi

M. Cope:
[nq:2]"You don't drive like her so why are you paying the same premiums as her?"[/nq]
[nq:1]Technically, both the second and the first "her" are wrong! The sentence has an implication, an unstated object. The real meaning of the sentence is, "You don't drive like her drives, so why are you paying the same premiums as her pays?"[/nq]
No, that (with the obvious corrections) is a

[nq:1]There's a car insurance commercial that's driving me... to distraction. "You don't drive like her so why are you paying the same premiums as her?" Is that second "her" right or wrong?[/nq]
Technically, both the second and the first "her" are wrong! The sentence has an implication, an unstated object. The real meaning of the sentence is, "You don't drive like her drives, so why are you pa