{"id":223,"date":"2014-06-26T05:01:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T05:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2014-06-26T05:01:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T05:01:09","slug":"object-pronouns-after-as-and-than","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/object-pronouns-after-as-and-than\/","title":{"rendered":"Object pronouns after as and than"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read the sentences are given below.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. She is taller than me.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. She is taller than I.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. I earn as much as him<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  4. I earn as much as he.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you still learn English using old grammar books you might assume that the sentences 2 and 4 are the correct ones. Yes, they were once considered correct, but now the rules have changed.<\/p>\n

    In educated use, object pronouns<\/strong> are now used after as<\/strong> and than.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Note that subject pronouns<\/strong> are still used if the pronoun is followed by a verb.<\/p>\n

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    • I earn as much as he does<\/strong>. OR I earn as much as him<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    • She is taller than he is<\/strong>. OR She is taller than him.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Object pronouns after prepositions<\/h3>\n

      Consider the two sentences given below.<\/p>\n

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      1. Nobody loves you except me.<\/strong><\/li>\n
      2. Nobody loves you except I.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Which of these two sentences are correct?<\/p>\n

        Here the second sentence can be completed to read \u2018Nobody loves you except I do.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

        However, when the verb is not mentioned, you should use the object pronoun.<\/p>\n

        The noun or a pronoun that follows the preposition is its object, and objects have to be in object form.<\/p>\n

          \n
        • There are no secrets between him and me<\/strong>. (NOT There are no secrets between he and I.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Here the pronouns him and me are the objects of the preposition \u2018between\u2019.<\/p>\n

            \n
          • She sat beside him<\/strong>. (NOT She sat beside he.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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