JuanZZZ  +  228550 Wed, 24 May 06 02:48 PM Hi guys!!! In these sentences: "I'm taller than he" "I'm taller than he is" "I'm taller than him." 1) Are all of them gramatically correct? 2) Is any of them more formal than the others? 3) Which one is more used in spoken English? I will appareciate your valuable answers. Thanks JuanZZZ Joined on Wed, Jan 25 2006 Lima Full Member 169

	Eng_teach_in_germany  +  228557 Wed, 24 May 06 02:55 PM The first one I believe was used a long time ago. The last two are correct and probably used to an equal extent. I would say the second one is slightly more formal than the third. (Only slightly though). Eng_teach_in_germany Joined on Sat, May 20 2006 Germany Junior Member 84 Regards, English teacher from Australia.

	Marius Hancu  +  228562 Wed, 24 May 06 03:05 PM Search for "taller than he" (quotation marks are important) at this site (upper right corner search box) and you will find lots of threads such as: http://www.englishforums.com/English/TallerTaller/bqjzj/Post.htm http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneAndMe/hlxm/Post.htm The traditional/formal view is taller than he as described in Garner, Modern American Usage, at than. However, Garner points out that Partridge or Safire were for than him. Still a big fight. Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673 Quotation Marks

	Ruslana  +  228938 Thu, 25 May 06 03:38 PM  Marius Hancu wrote: and you will find lots of threads such as: http://www.englishforums.com/English/TallerTaller/bqjzj/Post.htm http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneAndMe/hlxm/Post.htm People seldom use the search function before asking a question... (And sometimes I am not an exception. ) Ruslana Joined on Sat, Dec 17 2005 Senior Member 3,680

	yunus  +  229054 Thu, 25 May 06 08:57 PM I know  than him is the most common in daily speaking and among the people,i hereby generally use than him. My teacher who is from chicago also says than him. One day while i looked up the dictionary for another word, i found than he is as it happens. The dictionary (Longman Active Study, from english to english) says than he is. If you ask me than he is more formal than than him. But don't forget that you also should consider which is spoken more in daily. yunus Joined on Sun, Jan 30 2005 İstanbul Full Member 205 istanbul

	Grammar Geek  +  229098 Thu, 25 May 06 11:00 PM I was listening to the sound track from Wicked over the weekend, and in the song Popular, the more formal phrasing is used: "Whenever I meet someone less popular than I." I do use the nominative case when I THINK about it (which is why I'm a grammar geek) but in casual spoken English, I'll use "than me," as do most people. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,667 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Grammar, Nominative

	MrPedantic  +  229105 Thu, 25 May 06 11:11 PM In British English, you very seldom hear "taller than he"; "taller than he is" and "taller than him" are much more common. If you were assessing the relative height of two women, for instance, for some mysterious purpose of your own, you might point at each in turn and say: 1. She's taller than her. but it might strike onlookers as odd if you said: 2. She's taller than she. MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... British English