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To: jbe who wrote (2888)	6/11/1999 2:16:00 PM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 4711

Well, that's what I have always thought and argued, but last night I came across this other approach. Now I'll have to go find the book. BAck in a while....

To: jbe who wrote (2888)	6/11/1999 2:30:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4711

If I am confused, which could be as it was late, it is in the way I interpreted this from Fowler's: In the type "Diana has better manners than I", 'than' is a conjunction, implying the ellipsis of 'have' after 'I'. By contrast, in the type "Diana has better manners than me", 'than' is a preposition followed by the objective form 'me'. THe second type is much less formal than the first. To be clear, because it horrifies me to think that Christopher thought I would EVER say 'than me', even if it is correct, I thought this whole explanation was weird, but it did come from Fowler's, so I quoted it.