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I am in a little bit confusion here. I was going through a blog article and I read

He is more intelligent than me.

I think it is incorrect. It should have been

He is more intelligent than I am.

To summarise, which is correct?

  1. He is more intelligent than me
  2. He is more intelligent than I
  3. He is more intelligent than I am
Kris
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Vaibhav Sharan
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  • Somebody taught you wrong. One can do whatever one pleases in this instance. Most people choose than me, which is perfectly grammatical. Please don't peeve. – tchrist Feb 19 '15 at 04:07
  • @tchrist "... than me, which is perfectly grammatical:" some explanation of the grammar may be useful here. – Kris Feb 19 '15 at 06:33
  • Please visit [ell.se] -- I suggest this question be migrated there. – Kris Feb 19 '15 at 06:34

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Your sentence is an elliptical sentence that means

He is more intelligent than I [am].

The subject of the dependent clause requires I.

There are some similar sentences where the objective case would work, but it changes the meaning. For example,

She likes her more than he.

means

She likes her more than he likes her.

While a sentence such as

She likes her more than him.

means

She likes her more than she likes him.

Fred Bailey
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  • You do have a point there, though that's unlikely to be what the present question is about. – Kris Feb 19 '15 at 06:38
  • Maybe you can elaborate a bit more on why you think my answer is unlikely to be what the present question is about. – Fred Bailey Feb 19 '15 at 06:48