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well i know you can use I

"Laura is older than I am old"

thats only when expressing ownership, and since age is something belonging to oneself

"Laura is older than me" is different than

"Laura and I are seeing a movie"

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if you added an "am" at the end of the sentence, like "Laura is older than I am" it would be correct, because when you make a comparison using "than" you usually need to copy the first part of the sentence, "Noun verb than noun verb"

another edit, both of them are correct, only one sounds less retarded than the other

This post was edited by iam_juggernaut on May 30 2012 05:19pm

but you can't complete that sentence...Laura is older than me is???

the 2nd sentence I is part of the subject, doesnt count

me is a pronoun, not a noun, which would be the correct form to use because the point of pronouns is the make sentences less repetitive

your secoind argument doesnt make sense about the second sentence not counting, because you are saying that "I" is the proper one to use because it is part of the subject

I is a pronoun

no i meant the 2nd one doesn't count because i'm arguing I vs me as the object

afk back to work

exactly, you are comparing apples to oranges and trying to call them apples.

Laura is older than I does not fit the same as Laura is older than me because they are two different sentence structures.

"I" implies that words come after it whereas "me" can end a sentence in an unawkward way. so yes "Laura is older than I" works because of a technicality, but if you tried to put that in an essay, you would get points off because it doesnt work well as a sentence.

Also, you said "Laura is older than I am older" implying that it works because of the second sentence. No. "Laura and I" in the case of "Laura and I are seeing a movie" is correct because "Laura and I" are the subjects of the sentence, and that is why you would use "I"

in "Laura is older than me" Laura is the subject of the sentence, therefore you would use me.


please stop making me explain the english language.

I've either gotten much stupider over the years or people are just getting really good at saying nothing in a lot of words. would make sense considering some of the essays i've seen written by classmates. reminds me of trying to explain the concept of ignosticism to this weirdo chick on youtube