Sam
"She is older than me" or " She is older than I", which is right and why?
2011年7月2日 23:23
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Sam, She is older than me. She is older than I. They are both correct. "Than" has been used as both a preposition "than me" and a conjunction "than I" for the last 500 years Examples from Shakespeare: -I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester THAN I. William Shakespeare - "Much Ado about Nothing", Act 3 scene 1 -A man no mightier THAN THYSELF OR ME. In personal action, yet prodigious grown And fearful, as these strange eruptions are. —"Julius Caesar" 1600 by William Shakespeare. Examples from modern authors: -Our consul general here is a Columbus man named Streeper, about two years younger THAN ME. —James Thurber, letter, 1 June 1954 . . . someone else who can take it less seriously THAN I. —Robert Frost, letter, 2 Feb. 1920 You have the same choice that Shakespeare had...you can use one or the other and still be correct.
2011年7月3日
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She is older than me. This sentences is correct. She is older than I am. This sentence is correct as well. However, saying only "I" is incorrect. "I" is a pronoun, and is to be used as the subject of a verb. Which is why the second example of a correct sentence that I typed is correct, and the reason why the second sentence you typed is incorrect.
2011年7月3日
Truth is, both.
2011年7月6日
She is older than me. "than" is a preposition and must be followed by "me" or a complete clause, "I am". She is older than I am.
2011年7月3日
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