Question
In which sentence is the underlined pronoun used correctly?
Maria is two weeks older than me.
She cooks better than them.
Carey is three inches taller than she.
Maria is two weeks older than me.
She cooks better than them.
Carey is three inches taller than she.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The sentence in which the underlined pronoun is used correctly is:
**Carey is three inches taller than she.**
In this sentence, "she" is the correct pronoun to use because it is the subject of the implied verb "is." The comparison is essentially saying "Carey is taller than she is."
The other sentences contain pronouns that are often debated, but traditionally, they use the objective case where the subjective case is grammatically correct:
- "Maria is two weeks older than me." (Should be "than I" since it's "than I am.")
- "She cooks better than them." (Should be "than they" since it's "than they do.")
**Carey is three inches taller than she.**
In this sentence, "she" is the correct pronoun to use because it is the subject of the implied verb "is." The comparison is essentially saying "Carey is taller than she is."
The other sentences contain pronouns that are often debated, but traditionally, they use the objective case where the subjective case is grammatically correct:
- "Maria is two weeks older than me." (Should be "than I" since it's "than I am.")
- "She cooks better than them." (Should be "than they" since it's "than they do.")