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I have no difficulty in normal cases knowing whether to say "you and I"or "You and me." But this situation confuses me. On one hand, I can justify I by saying there is an implied "are" at the end:

He is no different than you and I are

On the other hand, this is a comparative, and if I were to change the sentence up just a bit, it feels like it would be correct to say "me":

He is the same as me

Nebulous
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    It is ambiguous because 'than' can either act as a preposition or a comparative conjunction. So both options are valid. –  Jun 18 '16 at 18:14
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    The analysis is problematic. The complement of the preposition "than" can either be analysed as an NP, an immediate constituent of "than", in which case "me" is correct. Alternatively, it could be seen as a reduced comparative clause where "I" is the subject: ...no different (to x) than you and I are different (to x). – BillJ Jun 18 '16 at 18:50
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    I would say that if you are going to use different with than, it has to be followed by a clause and than is a conjunction; follow the same rule as for any clause. On the other hand, a comparative with than should be followed by a noun or pronoun object; however, I am old-fashioned and do not subscribe to the "different as comparative" style. – Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ Jun 18 '16 at 18:51
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    Yes, but the complement of "different" has been ellipted. In full, it would be something like He is no different from the others than you or I/me – BillJ Jun 18 '16 at 18:57
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    @BillJ I am not sure he had that in mind when he wrote it. There is a tendency in the US to use different as a comparative in the last 30 or 40 years. Personally I would also say different to or from. – Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ Jun 18 '16 at 19:00
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    Yes, but that still leaves the option of analysing the complement of "than" as an immediate constituent (in which case "me") or a reduced comparative clause (in which case "I"). They are both comparative constructions, the only difference being the complementation. – BillJ Jun 18 '16 at 19:05
  • @BillJ As you said, problematic. The style is changing, but I am an old dog. – Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ Jun 18 '16 at 19:09
  • @Nebulous. I hope you are following all this ! – BillJ Jun 18 '16 at 19:12
  • @V0ight, there is a broader debate as to whether "different than" or "different from" is proper in American English. [Side Note: "Different to," I've read, is widely considered proper in British English].

    How would your response have been different if I had asked which is correct, “He is no different from you and I” or “He is no different from you and me?”

     – Nebulous Jun 19 '16 at 00:53
  • @BillJ - In this example I am using the phrase to mean "he is the same us us," or "all three of us are identical" (within the context) – Nebulous Jun 19 '16 at 00:57
  • @All - To clarify, I want to use one of the two proposed constructions to say that Bill, you, and I are identical (within the context of the rest of the paragraph). Does that help guide your answers? – Nebulous Jun 19 '16 at 01:09
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    You might want to take a look here. – Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ Jun 19 '16 at 19:02
  • That obfuscated even more :-). I'm not certain there is a correct answer. – Nebulous Jun 20 '16 at 02:37

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