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Lesson18 deliberate practice #11-20 18
작성자 cje*** 등록일 2021-03-23 오후 9:04:59

Hello Mr.Bae


I have a question for "comparison" in the parallelism concept.


I understand this example you gave in the lecture.

1. Jack's pasta is better than Jill's(pasta)

2. Jack cooked pasta better than Jill did

Ex) 

1.He is taller than I am.(O)

2.He is taller than me. ( 'me' is also correct right?)

Can you explain why 'me' is also correct?


I also want to know if,

1.The manager had finished locking the doors and started writing the reports

2.The manager had finished locking the doors and had started writing the reports. 


Is it wrong to repeat 'had' on the 2nd example again?


Thank You!





2021-03-25 오후 12:02:06

Hey Haewon!

 

For your first question, it is NOT correct to say "he is taller than me." You must have a subject-case pronoun when making comparisons. The reason for that is if you flipped the comparison around, you cannot say, "me is taller than Jack." You must say, "I am taller than Jack." 

 

Note: when using "like" as a comparison phrase, you use object-case pronouns.

 

ex. Like me, Jack is kind. (correct)  Like I, Jack is nice. (wrong)

 

When using all other comparison phrases (smarter than, as smart as), use the subject-case pronoun.

 

Jack is as smart as I am/she is/they are.

 

For your second question, it isn't wrong to repeat the "had" in the second example. Sometimes, you will see writers do this.

 

ex. I like to run and to swim.  

 

However, if it doesn't appear in the second example, the word "had" (or whatever other word in the first example) carries over to the other examples in the list.

 

ex. I would play basketball and study math on the weekend. --> I would play basketball and (would) study math.

 

Hope this helps!

 

Keep moving forward!

 

You got this!

 

 

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