Question

1. He is one of the tallest boys in my class.

2. He is one of the tallest boys in our class.

(Are both the same?)

3. He got three times as much money as I.

4. He had three times as much money as I.

5. He earned three times as much money as I.
(Does #3 mean #4 or #5?)

6. Who do you like better, Tom or Bill?
7. Whom do you like better, Tom or Bill?
8. Which do you ike better, Tom or Bill?
9. Who do you like more, Tom or Bill?
(Which ones are correct of the four sentences? Can we use 'more' instead of 'better'?)

Answer 1

1. and 2. are NOT exactly the same. My class is different from OUR class.

3. He got it, but we don't know how.
4. He had it = perhaps it was given to him, or he earned it or stole it?
5. He earned it = honest labor!

6. is incorrect. WHO is nominative or the subject. Who? Here it is Tom or Bill.

7. Whom is Accusative or objective. The direct object here is Tom or Bill.

8. Which ? usually not referring to a person, but it could be "which of the two..."

9. Who is incorrect, just like #6.

You can use more but if you say "better" it is clearer that the choice is between 2 people.

Sra