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karma police
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| The Cube wrote: |
They're all correct.
Just that A and C are more formal than B.
Case closed. |
B is grammatically correct... A and C are grammatically incorrect. <this is so high school!>
geez! English teachers? 
that is all. |
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skinhead
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| karma police wrote: |
| The Cube wrote: |
They're all correct.
Just that A and C are more formal than B.
Case closed. |
B is grammatically correct... A and C are grammatically incorrect. <this is so high school!>
geez! English teachers?
that is all. |
How do we REP here? smackers wins! |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:43 am Post subject: |
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| karma police wrote: |
| The Cube wrote: |
They're all correct.
Just that A and C are more formal than B.
Case closed. |
B is grammatically correct... A and C are grammatically incorrect. <this is so high school!>
geez! English teachers?
that is all. |
O.............ther way a............round. Am I spea............king slow.............ly e.............nough for you to un............der.............stand?
A and C are grammatically correct. B is grammatically incorrect, but used in everyday conversation.
Geez, are you an English teacher? Sure hope not. Go back to high school. |
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karma police
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:29 am Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| karma police wrote: |
| The Cube wrote: |
They're all correct.
Just that A and C are more formal than B.
Case closed. |
B is grammatically correct... A and C are grammatically incorrect. <this is so high school!>
geez! English teachers?
that is all. |
O.............ther way a............round. Am I spea............king slow.............ly e.............nough for you to un............der.............stand?
A and C are grammatically correct. B is grammatically incorrect, but used in everyday conversation.
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i'm not an English teacher but i do know this.
A. My father is faster than I. simply wrong pronoun which is also erroneously dangling at the end of the sentence. i am not as fast as my father, makes grammatically better sense. yes?
B. My father is faster than me. correct.
C. My father is faster than I am. besides an erroneous personal pronoun dangling at the end of the sentence, am is wordy, grammatically not necessary and in fact repetitious in this sentence. my father is faster than me, the comparson action has already been established, my father is faster, once the object of comparson is established, than me, there is no need to repeat the action through a different verb form...
God bless America, n'est-ce pas?  |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:10 am Post subject: |
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| karma police wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| karma police wrote: |
| The Cube wrote: |
They're all correct.
Just that A and C are more formal than B.
Case closed. |
B is grammatically correct... A and C are grammatically incorrect. <this is so high school!>
geez! English teachers?
that is all. |
O.............ther way a............round. Am I spea............king slow.............ly e.............nough for you to un............der.............stand?
A and C are grammatically correct. B is grammatically incorrect, but used in everyday conversation.
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i'm not an English teacher but i do know this.
A. My father is faster than I. simply wrong pronoun which is also erroneously dangling at the end of the sentence. i am not as fast as my father, makes grammatically better sense. yes?
B. My father is faster than me. correct.
C. My father is faster than I am. besides an erroneous personal pronoun dangling at the end of the sentence, am is wordy, grammatically not necessary and in fact repetitious in this sentence. my father is faster than me, the comparson action has already been established, my father is faster, once the object of comparson is established, than me, there is no need to repeat the action through a different verb form...
God bless America, n'est-ce pas? |
So if you say "He likes eating pizza more than me", does that mean that he prefers eating pizza to eating me or does it mean that he likes eating pizza more than I do? Hmmm?
Of course we all use "me". Or at least I hope we all do. |
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endofthewor1d
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:22 am Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| karma police wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| karma police wrote: |
| The Cube wrote: |
They're all correct.
Just that A and C are more formal than B.
Case closed. |
B is grammatically correct... A and C are grammatically incorrect. <this is so high school!>
geez! English teachers?
that is all. |
O.............ther way a............round. Am I spea............king slow.............ly e.............nough for you to un............der.............stand?
A and C are grammatically correct. B is grammatically incorrect, but used in everyday conversation.
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i'm not an English teacher but i do know this.
A. My father is faster than I. simply wrong pronoun which is also erroneously dangling at the end of the sentence. i am not as fast as my father, makes grammatically better sense. yes?
B. My father is faster than me. correct.
C. My father is faster than I am. besides an erroneous personal pronoun dangling at the end of the sentence, am is wordy, grammatically not necessary and in fact repetitious in this sentence. my father is faster than me, the comparson action has already been established, my father is faster, once the object of comparson is established, than me, there is no need to repeat the action through a different verb form...
God bless America, n'est-ce pas? |
So if you say "He likes eating pizza more than me", does that mean that he prefers eating pizza to eating me or does it mean that he likes eating pizza more than I do? Hmmm?
Of course we all use "me". Or at least I hope we all do. |
the language is inherently faulty that way. if you see a sign that says 'very large book sale!', does it mean 'a book sale that is very large' or 'a sale on very large books'? i had a laugh at that when passing such a sign, and was told that it wasn't as funny as i thought it was. |
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karma police
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
So if you say "He likes eating pizza more than me", does that mean that he prefers eating pizza to eating me or does it mean that he likes eating pizza more than I do? Hmmm? |
sure, there's a pragmatic understanding to the sentence that can be taken out of context but the sentence is still grammatically correct... |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:46 am Post subject: |
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| karma police wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
So if you say "He likes eating pizza more than me", does that mean that he prefers eating pizza to eating me or does it mean that he likes eating pizza more than I do? Hmmm? |
sure, there's a pragmatic understanding to the sentence that can be taken out of context but the sentence is still grammatically correct... |
You don't really have a clue, do you?
It's not grammatically correct. Would you like to bet some money? |
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The Perfect Cup of Coffee
Joined: 17 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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| work on your spelling first |
Only if you work on your syntax and punctuation. |
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vox
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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It depends on what the writer is trying to communicate.
I found this explanation quite useful.
Consider these two sentences:
1) She gave more sympathy than me.
2) She gave more sympathy than I.
Now see what dictionary.com offered
(excerpt on 'than')
"�Usage note Whether than is to be followed by the objective or subjective case of a pronoun is much discussed in usage guides. When, as a conjunction, than introduces a subordinate clause, the case of any pronouns following than is determined by their function in that clause: He is younger than I am. I like her better than I like him. When than is followed only by a pronoun or pronouns, with no verb expressed, the usual advice for determining the case is to form a clause mentally after than to see whether the pronoun would be a subject or an object. Thus, the sentences He was more upset than I and She gave him more sympathy than I are to be understood, respectively, as He was more upset than I was and She gave him more sympathy than I gave him. In the second sentence, the use of the objective case after than (She gave him more sympathy than me) would produce a different meaning (She gave him more sympathy than she gave me). This method of determining the case of pronouns after than is generally employed in formal speech and writing." |
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karma police
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| karma police wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
So if you say "He likes eating pizza more than me", does that mean that he prefers eating pizza to eating me or does it mean that he likes eating pizza more than I do? Hmmm? |
sure, there's a pragmatic understanding to the sentence that can be taken out of context but the sentence is still grammatically correct... |
You don't really have a clue, do you? |
hey! why must you be so insulting, Hemingway? 
many hookers have said to me, he likes eating pizza more than me...
isn't English grammar a frustratingly, mind boggling monster for people like you?  |
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browneyedgirl
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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| karma police wrote: |
| B is correct... |
In many English-speaking countries it would be okay, but if you were taking a grammar test in America it would be wrong.  |
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karma police
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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please stop me from ever taking a grammar test in America, then, girl...
hey, what else do you have going for you besides your cool username and refreshing intelligence, browneyes?  |
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unknown9398
Joined: 03 Nov 2006
Location: Yeongcheon, S. Korea
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:24 am Post subject: Re: Grammar question "I or me" |
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which of these is correct?
A. My father is faster than I.
B. My father is faster than me.
C. My father is faster than I am. |
B is correct, because when the self is referred to as the object, the correct usage is "me." I suppose C may also be correct, but it's not as succinct as B. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:41 am Post subject: Re: Grammar question "I or me" |
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| unknown9398 wrote: |
| pkang0202 wrote: |
which of these is correct?
A. My father is faster than I.
B. My father is faster than me.
C. My father is faster than I am. |
B is correct, because when the self is referred to as the object, the correct usage is "me." I suppose C may also be correct, but it's not as succinct as B. |
Another genius talking out of his arse. |
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