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Ssevensages replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.I admit that if the word "than" is used as a preposition, your link does have as an example sentence "You are older than me". But if...
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Here is what Merriam and Webster say https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/than -
Ssevensages replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.My link says when to use the nominative case and when to use the accusative case. My link says to use the accusative case when a pronoun...
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Ssevensages replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.I admit that you might be right about this. The link I posted in post #76 says why "I am older than her" is grammatically incorrect.
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Why is it implied? Can you quote the grammar rules about which words are implied and need not be written? If you skip words, because... -
Ssevensages replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.In "I am older than she", the word "is" after the word she is implied. Both "I am older than she" and "I am older than she is" are...
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Ssevensages replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.k. I still think that "I am older than she" is correct grammar. But I now think my reasoning is wrong in post #81. She is performing...
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From the link you provided What is the action "she" is performing in the sentence "I am older than she" ? -
Ssevensages replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.The word "ain't" is grammatically correct in informal English. The sentence "She don't know" is grammatically correct in informal...
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Ssevensages replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?."She" is not performing any action in the sentence "I am older than she." You are looking at a usage of the nominative case that does...
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It makes me wonder, "you are older than her *what*" Older than her sister? Older than her stale jokes? -
Ssevensages replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/pronouns/nominative-case/ What does everyone else think about the above quote by difalcojr? What does...
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@sevensages I have read this thread with some amusement. I am a grammar Nazi, and as some on this forum know, I often correct people's... -
Ssevensages replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.Yes
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Ssevensages replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.It is a college's job to fix that because it is a college's job to give someone a well-rounded education.