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Sigh. English grammar is hard. The word "than" is a conjunction (like "and"), but it can also be used prepositionally. Your second sentence is more colloquial
by hcayless 16y ago
Sigh. English grammar is hard. The word "than" is a conjunction (like "and"), but it can also be used prepositionally. Your second sentence is more colloquial American English, and it's not wrong, but it's also not wrong to keep the nominative case ("I"), as in your first example. If the verb in the subordinate clause is the same as in the main clause, it can be assumed.
tl;dr Being a grammar nazi is a mug's game.
- billmcneale 16y agoAh, so you're a conjunctionist, uh? :-) Conjunctions are supposed to connect whole sentences, and while "I am" is a complete sentence, "I" is not, which casts doubt on the correctness of "than I", thereby hinting that "than" in this case is a preposition, which mush therefore be followed by an object, e.g. "me". It's a two century old debate, but I say we settle it right now, right here, on Hacker News, once and for all. tl;dr: "than me" and "than I am" are correct. "than I" is not.