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You're not getting me. "Than" has usually been regarded as a conjunction, but now more and more people think that it is ok to use "than" as a preposition. Why could we not do the same about "and." I know that "and" has traditionally been a
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It could of course be about a physical relocation too
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In the first of the sentences that we're discussing, I/me was used not as object but as subject complement. In this postition usage varies, although the object form seems to be more common.
"It was I" vs "It was me"
When it comes to the
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I've been thinking about how some people have started accepting sentences like "I am taller than him", arguing that than could regarded as a preposition. Why could the same argument not be used about the conjunction and in cases like "Peter and me
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The problem with using I is that you get another possible interpretation of the sentence:
You will not find a closer match for the Network Administrator position than I will/can.
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Usually, people just answer "How do you do?" back. A bit strange actually.
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The phrases "That was written in bad English" and "That was written in poor English" are both far from perfect. "That was written using poor English" would get closer to the truth. "
Why?
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Could you think of the whole clause "her first client lined up" as the direct object in the first sentence?
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Is there some common proverb that involves deviled eggs?
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Longman dictionary of contemporary English uses this sentence to exemplify the usage of the word pet:
"Our cat loves being petted."
(Sorry Haogide, seems we sent our messages at the same time)
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