"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

Asked 3 weeks ago
CélineKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

BOnjour Anderw,

We spoke with our English expert and she explained that even though, technically, only "than I" is correct, in reality, we constantly say "than me" in English. So, we'll keep the explanation as it is.

Merci de votre contribution !

Bonne journée !

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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