"... who was much better than me." "...not merely a better speaker than me, ..." I apologize in advance for being so pedantic, but the nuns at St. Augustine Sc

"... who was much better than me." "...not merely a better speaker than me, ..." I apologize in advance for being so pedantic, but the nuns at St. Augustine School in Pittsburgh used yardsticks on my body to beat this into my brain: "... who was much better than I (was)" and "... not merely a better speaker than I (am), ...". Damn subjective vs objective case. Thank you.