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Originally Posted by enydia

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Since the 18th centurygrammarians have insisted thatthan should be regarded as a conjunction in all its uses, so that a sentence such asBill is taller than Tom should be construed as an elliptical version of the sentence Bill is taller than Tom is.

Yes, with names we can use an eliptical construction like Tom is the same age as George.

Thus, the standard rule requires Pat is taller than I (not me ) on the assumption that this sentence is elliptical for Pat is taller than I am.

Some grammarians disagree with this. One of them is Raymond Murphy, the author of "English Grammar In Use", Cambridge University Press. To be honest, I never heard any native speakers say "Someone is taler than I". It would be either "than I am" or "than me". By the way, the later one is really commonly used in speech.

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