PERSONAL PRONOUNS: DUAL INTERPRETATION

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

PERSONAL PRONOUNS: DUAL INTERPRETATION

1. He loves Titi more than *I* (standard).

2. He loves Titi more than *me* (standard).

Both sentences are grammatical with different interpretations.
Sentence one which uses the subjective form will be detached thus:
He loves Titi, I love Titi (too), but he loves Titi more than *I* love Titi.

Sentence two which uses the objective pronoun will be detached thus:
He loves Titi, he loves me (too), but he loves Titi more than he loves *me*.
GAB

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