Which of these is/are correct?

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Which of these is/are correct?

1. Her friends visited Ana more than she.
2. Her friends visited Ana more than themselves.
3. Her friends visited Ana more than her.
 

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Which of these is/are correct?

1. Her friends visited Ana more than she.
2. Her friends visited Ana more than themselves.
3. Her friends visited Ana more than her.


1 and 2 don't make sense.
1 leaves out essential information. More than Ana(?) visited who?
2 suggests that the friends visisted themselves. I don't know what you mean by this.
3 says they visited Ana more than they visited some other unnamed female.

Perhaps you mean this: Ana's friends visited her more than she visited them. (They spent more time at Ana's house than at their home(s).
 

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What about " Her friends visited Ana more than whoever". Is it correct?
 

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Ambiguous.

More than this other person visited Ana, or more than the friends visited the other person?
 

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Her friends visited Ana more than they visited anyone else.

Is that what you meant? Does "Her friends" mean "Ana's friends"? If so, then it would be much more natural as "Ana's friends visited her more than they visited anyone else". Even then, the context might suggest that "her" referred to another unnamed female. To avoid all ambiguity, you would have to say "Ana's friends visited Ana more than they visited anyone else".
 

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I should state that I thought your "whoever" was a placeholder for an actual name. I didn't think you meant that the exact word "whoever" would be used. If it was your intention to use the word "whoever" (instead of "Joanna" or "James" or whatever person you meant) then I would have answered differently.
 

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Exactly. I want to know is it possible to add the word "whoever" at the end of the sentence or not!
 

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Exactly. I want to know is it possible to add the word "whoever" at the end of the sentence or not!



No, not in that sentence.

You don't need to shout at me. A period would be a fine way to end your sentence.
 
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