tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265414098341131758.post1547618143056148404..comments2024-03-23T21:30:06.380+09:00Comments on spacetravelsacrime: I am Better at English Than He!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265414098341131758.post-4746902685031974522010-02-09T14:58:53.608+09:002010-02-09T14:58:53.608+09:00Langauges weren't made in a lab and shouldn...Langauges weren't made in a lab and shouldn't be a slave to rules. I know I am one to yell about incorrct English, but to the extent that it is mutualy understood and spoken, I think the frmework is maleable. Do you know anyone who says "He is much faster than I!" No. If they do they are silly. One of the characteristics of academic writing is that it sounds different than spoken English, so naturally not all of the rules will apply.wwchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098513578554181989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265414098341131758.post-31064315627148475332010-02-08T22:06:52.832+09:002010-02-08T22:06:52.832+09:00As a descriptivist rather than prescriptivist, I a...As a descriptivist rather than prescriptivist, I agree with you. Even in the hallowed halls of academe, in University English departments, I have never yet met a pedantic ass quite so pompous as to say "He is taller than I" (even though I almost invariably am.)<br /> In short, though the rules likely support the former, and the former is easier to explain on the board, the latter is invariably the way the educated persons using standard English express themselves. Maybe it is otherwise at Oxford and Cambridge, in the byways of Leeds and the tea shoppes of merry olde London, I'm not sure. But I think not.The Morholthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131654795404144356noreply@blogger.com