"Than" as a proposition in English

Andrew M.A2Kwiziq community member

"Than" as a proposition in English

This is a minor point because it's about the English part of the lesson, but I disagree with this: "Whereas in English, you will need to use a subject pronoun after than (... than I (do), you (do), he/she (does)...)"

It's true that some people claim that "than" should always be a conjunction, in which case a subject pronoun would be used, but in practice, it seems far more common to use "than" as as a preposition (followed by me, her, him, etc.).

It feels very stilted to use it as a conjunction followed by a single pronoun. 

The Wikipedia page has some discussion of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Than

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Andrew M. asked:

"Than" as a proposition in English

This is a minor point because it's about the English part of the lesson, but I disagree with this: "Whereas in English, you will need to use a subject pronoun after than (... than I (do), you (do), he/she (does)...)"

It's true that some people claim that "than" should always be a conjunction, in which case a subject pronoun would be used, but in practice, it seems far more common to use "than" as as a preposition (followed by me, her, him, etc.).

It feels very stilted to use it as a conjunction followed by a single pronoun. 

The Wikipedia page has some discussion of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Than

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