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"Mikey received an email from a student who had been admitted to MIT and was concerned that everyone else would be much better prepared than she."</p>
<p>Shoundn't the correct usage be, "than her."</p>
<p>I had read in TPR, that in "He's doing more than I.", I (am) is implicit. So when I get an error-identification error question, do I change the I to me? Or the me to I?
Ahhh, what I am saying. I'm just asking which one is correct.</p>
<p>I thnk it should have been ‘she was’. Yes urs 'usage of ‘her’ is also right.</p>
<p>Simply put, you need to decide if the pronoun acts as a subject or an object. I think Silverturtle’s guide has a section on this (I haven’t actually read the guide yet, but it contains EVERYTHING).</p>
<p>Okay, so both are correct?</p>
<p>There’s an implied “was” so the sentence would read “…better than she [was].”
Was is optional. You wouldn’t make the sentence incorrect by adding “was”.</p>
<p>So if this is in the form of a question, and “She” is underlined, I shouldn’t put it as the answer?</p>
<p>He’s doing as much work as I AND He’s doing as much work as me, both are correct?</p>
<p>“…better prepared than she,” but not “…than her.”</p>
<p>“…more work than I,” but not “…than me.”</p>
<p>As others have said, in both of these cases, it’s understood that there’s a verb omitted (“better prepared than she was,” and “more work than I am”), and the pronouns act as the subjects of those verbs.</p>
<p>The only time you’d use the objective case of the pronoun (me, him, us, etc.) is when the pronoun is an object of the understood verb, as in, “I’d rather kiss my own brother than him.” It’s understood that the speaker means, “I’d rather kiss my own brother than kiss him,” and in this case, the pronoun “him” is the object of the understood verb “kiss.”</p>
<p>So “than me” and “than her” are incorrect?</p>
<p>In the examples you gave above, that’s right.</p>
<p>But not in all cases. It depends on context.</p>
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<p>No, the correct answer would be No Error, provided the other 3 choices are correct (I’m assuming you’re referring to ID Error questions). In reality, the verb after “she” would be “would be.” But, there’s nothing wrong with omitting the verb. However, writing “than her” would be incorrect.</p>
<p>The correct, complete sentence would be this: Mikey received an email from a student who had been admitted to MIT and was concerned that everyone else would be much better prepared than she would be.</p>
<p>I hope this helped. Still, search for and read the section in Silverturtle’s guide on this to make sure I’m right.</p>
<p>Right, thanks!
“I am better prepared than she.” and “I’m better prepared than her.” both are “No-error” sentences, right? (Given there no other errors :P)</p>
<p>No. The second sentence is incorrect. The first is correct.</p>