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by towerSpider » Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:42 pm
hi. i know we use i when its subject and me when its object. but what about this sentence:

he is as tall as me/i. or he is taller than me/i.

in these, i/me is not exactly object (or hmmm?), so what should we do?
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by maihuna » Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:57 pm
Humm it depends, read below.
To make the correct pronoun choice after than or as, insert the omitted words and your ears will do the rest.

He knows more about politics than me. OR
He knows more about politics than I.

Which one is correct? Actually both.

He knows more about politics than I (know) : More likely, but given other contextual info either can be correct, see He knows more about politics than (he knows about) me.

Remember before or after than remember there is span of missing words, whenever in confusion, say aloud one or two missing words and the pronoun uses will become apparent.

Again:
She tabulates more call than we.
OR: She tabulates more call than us?

First right, as She tabulates more call than we (do) rather than She tabulates more call than (she tabulates ) us ..
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:06 pm
Also, confusingly, "than" is both a conjunction and a preposition, and you will definitely see both "than I" and "than me". In the real world you can use either one, though the most formal writing tends to lean toward the conjunction (Better men than I have struggled with this) rather than the preposition (She is older than me). If you're using it as the conjunction, it's safest to repeat the verb.
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by hbhardwaj » Fri May 06, 2011 8:18 am
Hi Spider,

How do you say that "I" is not object. I think it is and He is subject and I is object. Is there any particular reason for which its not the object?

However the matter is confusing to me as well. All my school time i read it as "than me" but now GMAT books say "than I am " to be correct without giving the explanation.

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by mundasingh123 » Fri May 06, 2011 10:54 am
Jim@Grockit wrote:Also, confusingly, "than" is both a conjunction and a preposition, and you will definitely see both "than I" and "than me". In the real world you can use either one, though the most formal writing tends to lean toward the conjunction (Better men than I have struggled with this) rather than the preposition (She is older than me). If you're using it as the conjunction, it's safest to repeat the verb.
Is "She is older than I " wrong ?
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by cyrwr1 » Fri May 06, 2011 2:28 pm
I was taught:

She is older than I(am).
He knows more about it than I (do).
She cooks better than I (can/do).
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