sharas
is this sentence right??? she is more beautiful than I
13 apr 2009 04:58
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She is more beautiful than I (am). <-- looks correct to me.
13 aprile 2009
3
Hello Sharas, No it is wrong. It is :' She is more beautiful than me' or you could say "She is more beautiful than I had remembered". ' I' could only be used as a subject of an extended phrase.
13 aprile 2009
2
This gets tricky. The sentence as you state it is correct (She is more beautiful than I). As Zooey, correctly states, if you were refering to spoken English, the sentence would be "She is more beautiful than me," even though it is strictly incorrect. However, consider these two sentences: "Jane likes Tim more than I." "Jane likes Tim more than me." Both these sentences are grammatically correct, but mean two different things because of the IMPLIED sentence. The first sentence has the implied meaning: "Jane likes Tim more than I (like Tim)." The second sentence would mean: "Jane likes Tim more than (she likes) me." If the implied sentence uses me as a subject (the first) then you would use "I"; if it uses me as an object (the second) then you would use "me". I like the Chinese way of doing it better. As for Jane, I still don't know if I ever want to talk with her again. ;-)
13 aprile 2009
1
she is more beautiful than i this sentence is correct, but it is old english meaning that it is the english that would have been used in like 1500 in england. people will still understand you and that is all language is, a way to communicate. more ways to say this are she's more beautiful than i am, she's more attractive than me, she's more beautiful than me... ect dont worry though yours is still right.
13 aprile 2009
1
AHA!!! This proves my point exactly! So the correct grammatical answer is: She is more beautiful than I (am beautiful). but in spoken english, it's almost never said that way. Most americans would say "She's more beautiful than me." So if you want to know the corrent answer on a test, the first answer. If you were writing a movie script, especially with a young character, the right thing would be to have them say teh second. Because that's what people say. Some grammarians might argue that this is merely another example of america's illiteracy. I say you're wrong. A language is a living thing. This is what people say. Call it irregular if you wish, but accept the reality of it.
13 aprile 2009
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