- many people would use "me" here, especially in speech.) 2. He [is] older than me by two years. (Here "me" is the object.) Click to expand... Both of these mean "He is older than I am," so "I" is the correct word in both.
- 3: 'He is older than I am' would be correct, certainly, because there are two verbs each with its own subject. IMO, 'He is older than me' would also be correct, because there's one verb, one subject and one object. (I don't think ...
- Oct 8, 2014 ... If someone asks you about your brother's age in relation to your age, you would say something like: "He is older than I am." "Older" is generally followed by "than," but "elder" is not, since "elder" is not a comparative adjective.
- Mar 17, 2013 ... ... correct
- Jan 21, 2010 ... He is older than me. and He is older than I am. However, the former is certainly more frequent than the latter one. In fact, the BNC (British National Corpus) also shows that the one with the objective personal pronoun (me) is ...
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- Jan 21, 2010 ... He is older than me. and He is older than I am. However, the former is certainly more frequent than the latter one. In fact, the BNC (British National Corpus) also shows that the one with the objective personal pronoun (me) is ...
- 3: 'He is older than I am' would be correct, certainly, because there are two verbs each with its own subject. IMO, 'He is older than me' would also be correct, because there's one verb, one subject and one object. (I don't think ...
- Nov 14, 2012 ... Vetamega Member. Chinese. I have not been able to navigate that post to find my desired answer. I have found one other thread that talked about the subject but it was in the context of. He is older than me. He is older than I or
- Mar 17, 2013 ... Among these sentences I'd like to know which is most commonly used. I have already evaluated each of them, but I'm not sure. Will you evaluate them again for me? #1 He is two years older than I. :tick: #2 He is older than I by ...
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