<p>Is this sentence correct?</p>
<p>He is stronger than her.</p>
<p>What's wrong with this?</p>
<p>I'm much stronger than her.</p>
<p>I'm not quite sure, but I would say</p>
<p>He is stronger than SHE IS. and I'm much stronger than SHE IS.</p>
<p>Really? I know the second is true. I'm not sure of the 1st.</p>
<p>thecomisar is correct.</p>
<p>Could you explain it to me? Thanks.
Wow. 2 times in a day, i revere thecomisar.</p>
<p>"I'm much stronger than her" and "He is stronger than her" just don't sound right. You can say "He is stronger than she is" or "He is stronger than she." (elliptical)</p>
<p>see if this helps:</p>
<p>He is stronger than she is (strong).</p>
<p>Yeah. In sparknotes, it says:</p>
<p>Johanna is stronger than Tom
would be correct.</p>
<p>What does elliptical mean? So
He is stronger than she
is correct on the sat?</p>
<p>To confirm:</p>
<p>He is smarter than she.
He is smarter than I.
He is smarter than Tom.</p>
<p>Whenever using "than" to compare two things, the second one should always be treated as if it were the subject of a sentence (she/he/I rather than her/him/me). Imagine if you were going to write the sentence out fully:</p>
<p>He is smarter than she is.
He is smarter than I am.
He is smarter than Tom is.</p>
<p>Isn't it "He is smarter than me.", and not "He is smarter than I."?</p>
<p>No. "He is smarter than I" is correct, and "he is smarter than me" is incorrect. This is a very common mistake.</p>
<p>As I said in my previous post, saying "he is smarter than I" is actually short for "he is smarter than I am."</p>
<p>If you say the whole sentence, including the final "to be" verb, then clearly it wouldn't make sense to say "he is smarter than me am" or "he is smarter than her is."</p>
<p>Sorry, misread your post. I understand now.</p>