“My brother is taller than me.”
还是
“My brother is taller than I.”?
简单粗暴的回答是than I和than me 都对,当然并不是所有人都这么认为。
问题的症结是:人们既把than看作连词,也把than看作介词。
连词后面跟句子,主语用人称代词主格;
介词后面跟宾语,当然用人称代词宾格:
She"s two years older than I (am).
She"s two years older than me.
她比我大两岁。
You"re more of an expert than I (am).
You"re more of an expert than me.
你比我更专业。
Li Na runs much faster than She (does).
Li Na runs much faster than her.
李娜跑得比她快得多。
It"s not fair! He always gets more than I (do).
It"s not fair! He always gets more than me.
这不公平!他总是比我得到的多。
He"s got paid a lot more than I (have)
He"s got paid a lot more than me.
他得到的报酬比我多得多
以上句子,都可以认为是正确的,
而且,口头上than后跟宾格 me/her/us/him/them的更多。
但在正式英语中,“than”一般被认为是连词。
有时候,than me和than I可能表达的是不同意思,请注意:
He likes her better than me.
他喜欢她比喜欢我多一些。
(他更喜欢她,而不是我们)
He likes her better than I.
他比我更喜欢她。
研究一下这个句子,我们发现涉及三个人,than后面的人和主语还是宾语比较,意思就大相径庭了。
为了避免歧义,可以这样表达:
He likes her better than he likes me.
他喜欢她胜过喜欢我。
He likes her better than I like her.
他比我更喜欢她。
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