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Originally Posted by ESL-lover Hello my senior teachers
I am confused about personal pronoun (I) as an object!
Look at theses examples:
Some people said:
Between you and I, I think his marriage is in trouble.
I think between you and me is more correct.
My brother is older than I.
Also, (than me is more correct).
Can we use (I) as an object only in spoken language?
What is the correct grammatically form?
Thank you ,,,,,,,,,,,
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As others have told you, "I" is the nominative form of the first person pronoun. It should not be used as the object of a verb or preposition.
There is a dispute about "than I/than me". According to standard dictionaries, "than" is a conjunction. Some accept it as a preposition, but others call that a usage problem. The safest way to go is to use "than" only as a conjunction. That means that it should be followed by a pronoun in the nominative case.
He is taller than I.
I am quicker than she.
If one is uncomfortable with that structure, one can add the verb after the pronoun: than I am, than she is.