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Which of these sentences is more grammatical?

"I'm not as good as him."

"I'm not as good as he is."

Kris
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Siddhartha
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  • This may have already been answered earlier here on ELU, if not on [ell.se] Please see previous related posts. Good Luck. – Kris Feb 07 '20 at 12:50
  • @Kris What exactly do I search for? This is a specific example and I don't know what the general case is called. – Siddhartha Feb 07 '20 at 12:56
  • This question is relevant. It's not an exact duplicate, though. – Peter Shor Feb 07 '20 at 12:59
  • Re the post cited by Peter Shor above, that is quite the one to go to. However, I am not sure if the OP is into deep-sea fishing at this stage. Which is why I suggested [ell.se] instead. Both sentences are grammatically correct. Usage varies. – Kris Feb 07 '20 at 13:10
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    (a) It's very unnatural-sounding to say "I'm not as good as he." Even though you will find this as an example of good practice in many 50-year-old school grammars. (b) "I'm not as good as him" is fine and idiomatic in all informal and semi-formal registers. (c) "I'm not as good as he is" keeps everybody happy. – Edwin Ashworth Feb 07 '20 at 13:22

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they are both grammatically correct. I would use "i'm not as good as him"

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    Please respect that when commenters have cited duplicates, especially to what appears to be a reasonably common usage, an 'answer' is rarely appropriate. And please look at the Help Center to familiarise yourself with what a good answer on ELU requires – supporting references (or perhaps corpus data suggesting idiomaticity) , linked and attributed. – Edwin Ashworth Feb 07 '20 at 13:27