I or me?

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Anonymous:
what is correct wording? How do you know which you choose?
  1. You think you know better than me what I had to eat lat night.
  1. You think you know better than I what I had to eat lat night.
Anonymous:
Technically it should be "I," because the sentence is elliptical (words have been omitted): "You think you know better than I do what I had to eat last night." However, this sounds very highfalutin and old-fashioned, and no one would actually speak like this today. So use "me" in this sentence.