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Hi,

Is this statement correct?
If not, then what will be the correction?
 Please support with explanations.

"You are more interesting than She."

Regards.

lagomez · Answer

Yes. You are more interesting than she (is interesting)
Not. You are more interesting than her (is interesting)
Yes. You are more interesting than I.
Not. You are more interesting than me.

papillon86 · Answer

Thanks lagomez!

I'm clear on the forms of pronouns used. 
My doubt is about parallelism.
 According to me it should be:

'You are more interesting than she is.'

AND NOT

'you are more interesting than she.'

Please explain?????

Regards

ykaiim · Answer

See, you are not comparing b/w a pronoun and a possesive pronoun (her).
I think the correct forms S+V (as per the sentence) can be:
You are more interesting than She is
You are more interesting than She was

papillon86 · Answer

Hey thanks for the inputs guys!

But can we conclude that both the statements are correct?
Because if we do, then

'You are more interesting than she'  doesn't fulfill parallelism.

How do we explain? Can we generalize such statements somehow?
This is confusing.

Need more inputs.

Regards

lagomez · Answer

Two things are being compared so the comparative form is used, more interesting.

You are more interesting than she is interesting

The use of "interesting" makes the sentence parallel. Even though " she is interesting" isn't stated, it is, however, implied. Something can be implied and still be parallel.

papillon86 · Answer

Then how about the following statement.
Is it correct according to you because it is implied that author is talking about the looks of both the dresses?

The blue dress looks more flattering on you than the red one.

Regards

lagomez · Answer

I think the above one is incorrect, but I could be mistaken.

The blue dress looks more flattering on you than the red one looks.

I think you would need:

The blue dress looks more flattering on you than the red one looks on you.
 Because of the "more flattering", I think you would need to add "looks on you" to the sentence.

Of course, this is my interpretation on the rules of grammar.

ykaiim · Answer

This is correct.

We are comparing two dresses. So, no need to place ON YOU at the end.

ykaiim · Answer

I want to add one more point here. When in confusion on comaprative forms and placement of verbs, try to flip the comparative form, for example -

The blue dress looks more flattering on you than the red one.

Flip it to:
 The blue dress    you  more than   the red one  .

Similarly, the earlier one -
You are more interesting than she

Flip it to:
 You  are interesting more than  she

If you compare now what is compared here, then you will find out that which one is the correct form.

I hope this helps.

ykaiim · Answer

Just from my notes (from GC :wink:

): If you have just a noun - WITHOUT modifiers - in the second half of your parallel structure, then you can place the helping verb ("does", in this case) EITHER before OR after that noun. Ex: I know more about shakespeare than my brother does . --> correct I know more about shakespeare than does my brother. --> correct In this case, the first one (helping verb AFTER the noun) is usually preferred, because it flows more naturally, but either is correct. * If you have a noun followed by modifier(s) in the second half of your parallel structure, then you MUST place the helping verb BEFORE the noun. ex: I know more about shakespeare than my brother, who has never studied literature, does. --> WRONG I know more about shakespeare than does my brother, who has never studied literature. --> CORRECT Hope you find this post useful.

calvinhobbes · Answer

This summary is excellent! THanks.!

papillon86 · Answer

Thanks ykaiim!!!!

Superb piece of info. 
It actually answers 2 of my questions, the one mentioned in this post and another one in a parallel post.

Thanks once again.

ykaiim · Answer

Hey Thanks.

You can refer more such rules on my Grammer Fundamental post (link given below).

Kudos??????

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