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'Than I' or 'Than Me'?
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The word "than" is tricky. Traditionally it's considered a conjunction. Conjunctions can introduce whole clauses like "I am." And when you say "taller than I," you're basically saying "than I am." Prepositions, on the other hand, take objects like "me."
That's why people have a problem with "than me." But the truth is, they go too far. This week's podcast looks at the reasons why "than me" is okay and often preferable to "than I."
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When? This feed was archived on August 29, 2019 01:44 (). Last successful fetch was on June 10, 2019 16:13 ()
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Manage episode 182528793 series 124910
The word "than" is tricky. Traditionally it's considered a conjunction. Conjunctions can introduce whole clauses like "I am." And when you say "taller than I," you're basically saying "than I am." Prepositions, on the other hand, take objects like "me."
That's why people have a problem with "than me." But the truth is, they go too far. This week's podcast looks at the reasons why "than me" is okay and often preferable to "than I."
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