A question about grammatical usage in english.

[Nick Bounty]

When comparing something how many people use "I" instead of "me" for example,

"My brother is faster than me"

or

"My brother is faster than I" /　"My brother is faster than I am"

While the second is grammatically correct it really feels a bit archaic to me.. so just wondering if other folks still use this often..

 

[Kaboose the Moose]

"My brother is faster than me"

"than" is used as a preposition. Casual/informal/colloquial usage.

"My brother is faster than I" /　"My brother is faster than I am"

"than" is used as a conjunction. Formal usage.

Both are fine, really. You'd probably only want to use the latter in a paper or something like that. Using it in casual conversation sounds out of place.

 

[Skeleon]

Thine brother might be quicker than thee, but certainly no quicker than Bolt.

As for your question, I guess I find both "My brother is faster than me" and "My brother is faster than I am" okay.
Without the "am" in the latter, it sounds weird to me, though.
However, I'd say it's mostly a question of what you're used to.
I wouldn't be surprised if all three were still in in daily use in different places of the world.
So, I guess what I'm saying is: They're all correct, depending on where you are.

 

[trelloskilos]

"I'm not as fast as my brother"

?!

 

[Julianking93]

I prefer speaking as if I am in 12 century England.

"Doust thou wisheth to partake in a game of Call of Duty 4?"

 

[Starnerf]

"faster than me" or "faster than I am" are correct. "Me" is the personal objective pronoun, so you would use me when you are the object of the clause (as opposed to your brother, who is the subject). The second one is okay as well because you replaced the object with another complete clause, so you can use the personal subjective pronoun "I" as the subject for that clause. "faster than I" is only correct if you assume that you are implicitly performing an action during that clause, but since there is no action for you to perform it is not technically correct.

http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/ime.html

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

"I cannot maintain the pace of my brother's haste."

Such would be my preference or a variation of the aforementioned.

 

[Agema]

An old joke...

A young man dies and goes to heaven. St. Peter is waiting at the Pearly Gates, and as the man's spirit approaches, St. Peter asks, "Ah, welcome. Who are you?" to which the man replies "It is I". St. Peter groans and says "Not another damn English Language student".

Skarin explains it. "My brother is faster than I" is more technically accurate, but "My brother is faster than me" is in such common usage now that only the harshest of pedants would correct you.

 

[Tartarga]

Lets just agree that the english language sucks and leave it at that.

 

[bcponpcp27]

I only do when writing, and only because I feel obligated to.

 

[randomrob]

i would never say he is faster than i, that sounds posh like it's the queen or something. 'Faster than me' and 'faster than i am' are both acceptable although i would opt for 'i am'

 

[Agema]

i would never say he is faster than i, that sounds posh like it's the queen or something. 'Faster than me' and 'faster than i am' are both acceptable although i would opt for 'i am'

No, the queen would use her royal prerogative and say "faster than we"