Guest  +  83621 Thu, 24 Mar 05 07:51 PM which one of these is right? 1. He is better than him. 2. He is better than he. 3. He is older than him by five years. 4. He is older than he by five years. WHEN do you use he and him? I saw 3 and 4 in the dictionary and a grammar book. So which is right? And when do you use he and him? Guest Grammar

	J Lewis  +  273636 Thu, 28 Sep 06 05:10 PM This is a similar problem to "as well as him" or "as well as he". In "She is older than he is", we consider "than" as a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, of which "he" is the subject. If we remove "is", we can consider what remains in two ways: a) as an abbreviated form, with "is" understood, so that "he" remains the correct form. b) with "than" as a preposition followed only by a pronoun, which is therefore an object: "him". I personally would say "older than him". "Older than he" doen't sound wrong to my ear, but seems rather literary and archaic. J Lewis Joined on Tue, Sep 5 2006 Italy Regular Member 518 Nouns, Prepositions, Clauses, Pronouns