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niketan

#97340 Sun, 08 May 05 03:02 PM

My daughter is sudying Englis grammar. She was taught a sentence ' He is better than I.' Is this correct or should it be ' He is better than me.'

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abbie1948

#97343 Sun, 08 May 05 03:18 PM

Strictly speaking

' He is better than I.'

is correct.

There is an implied verb here: "He is better than I am

You will very frequently both see and hear "he is better than me"

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Hope that helps. Abbie

victorycountry

#97348 Sun, 08 May 05 03:46 PM

Hi,

Is the part "strictly speaking" a participle(that functions like an adjective clause) like in "Feeling tired, I went to the bed" In

Strictly speaking ' He is better than I.' is correct."

? If so, is "he is better than I" the subject of the sentence?

I am just wondering what I am thinking is correct.

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