<p>comparative writing qs</p>
<p>No one is dumber than he<br>
or no one is dumber than him</p>
<p>which one is it?</p>
<p>No one is stronger than me</p>
<p>or no one is stronger than I</p>
<p>No one is dumber than he is
and no one is stronger than I am.</p>
<p>The is and the am are optional though.</p>
<p>In those cases, would you say</p>
<p>No one is faster than he is
or
No one is faster than him is
?</p>
<p>"No one is faster than he" is the proper phrasing. It's just a shortened version of "No one is faster than he is". </p>
<p>In those types of sentences, a pronoun in the subjective case (I, he, she, etc) must come after the "than."</p>
<p>he</p>
<p>See above for explanation -- insert 'he is' and you can quickly see that 'he' is correct one.</p>
<p>Oooh, thanks for asking. The other posters are definitely correct, and this is one of my favorite parts of English grammar.</p>
<p>A bit more - some people say that "him" is functioning as some sort of weird object, but it's not. "He" can't magically change to "him" simply because you omitted "is." </p>
<p>Also, the justification for this comes from Latin. When you compare two objects, you have to have the two cases be the same if you use the equivalent of "than." In other words, "No one" is the subject (i.e. in the subjective case), so "he" must be as well.</p>
<p>Thanks. Didnt nkow that</p>