English grammar. Why don't you study like I do?

[star01]

can you help me with the following sentence.
which is the correct usage?

Why don't you study like I do?
Why don't you study like me?
Why don't you study like I?

can you tell me which of the above is correct usage and also let me know the reason.

 

[Tdol]

Re: English grammar.

I wouldn't use the third.

 

[Rover_KE]

Re: English grammar.

star, please note that a better title would have been Why don't you study like I do?

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

 

[Zkiller]

Re: English grammar.

NOT A TEACHER BUT

1 or 2, depending on who it's directed to. If it's towards a friend/ close family member I'd go ahead with 2.
Only go with 1 if it's formal.
Don't go with 3.

 

[TheParser]

Re: English grammar.

***** NOT A TEACHER *****

If you mean that you study but that James seldom studies, then the "rules" require:

"James, why don't you study as [in the way in which] I do? Then you will get better grades [marks]."

It is true, however, that many (most?) Americans in 2015 now use "like" as a conjunction. I seldom hear "as" in TV commercials, and I hear presumably well-educated people on TV talk shows also using "like" in this way. I suspect that some educated people know that "as" is the conjunction, but they do not want to sound too educated!

I agree with the other posters: Do NOT use #3. Even in 2015, almost no one speaks like that -- except for a few people who think that "I" is a more elegant word than "me." So they will often say something like: "This secret is just between you and I" (instead of the correct "me").


James