PicltinfJ pronouns for comparisons in VS .NET

Make ANSI/AIM Code 128 in VS .NET PicltinfJ pronouns for comparisons

Lazy people that we are, we all tend to take shortcuts, chopping words out of our sentences and racing to the finish This practice is evident in comparisons Read the following sample sentences: Lulu denied that she had more facial hair than he That sentence really means Lulu denied that she had more facial hair than he had

If you say the entire comparison, as in the preceding example, the pronoun choice is a cinch However, when you drop the verb (had), you may be

tempted to use the wrong pronoun, as in this sentence: Lulu denied that she had more facial hair than him Sounds right, doesn't it But the sentence is wrong The words you say must fit with the words you don't say Obviously you aren't going to accept Lulu denied that she had more facial hair than him had

Him had is just too gross The technical reason Him is an object pronoun, but you're using it as the subject of had

Whenever you have an implied comparison - a comparison that the sentence suggests but doesn't state completely - finish the sentence in your head The correct pronoun becomes obvious Implied comparisons often contain the word than (as in the preceding sample sentences) The words so and as are also frequently part of an implied comparison: The sponges that Legghorn grew do not sop up so much moisture as they Eggworthy gave Ludwig as much trouble as her Ratrug, live in concert on Broadway, is as entertaining as she The complete comparisons are as follows: The sponges that Legghorn grew do not sop up so much moisture as they do Eggworthy gave Ludwig as much trouble as Eggworthy gave her Ratrug, live in concert on Broadway, is as entertaining as she is

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In some incomplete comparisons more than one word is missing For example: Grandmother gives my sister more souvenirs than me means Grandmother gives my sister more souvenirs than Grandmother gives to me, because my sister is a spoiled brat and is always flattering the old bat and Grandmother gives my sister more souvenirs than I means Grandmother gives my sister more souvenirs than I do because I have better things to do with my allowance Think before you make a decision, because the pronoun choice determines the meaning of the sentence Which sentence is correct A Tee Rex broke more claws than I during the fight with Godzilla B Tee Rex broke more claws than me during the fight with Godzilla Answer: Sentence A is correct Read the sentence this way: Tee Rex broke more claws than I did during the fight with Godzilla You can't say me did Last one! Which is correct A Lochness told me more atomic secrets than she B Lochness told me more atomic secrets than her Answer: Both are correct, depending on the situation Sentence A means that Lochness told me more atomic secrets than she told me Sentence B means that Lochness told me more atomic secrets than he told her

Think of linking verbs as giant equal signs, equating two halves of the sentence All forms of the verb to be are linking verbs, as well as verbs such as seem, appear, smell, sound, and taste The type of pronoun that begins the

equation (the subject) must also be the type of pronoun that finishes the equation (For more information on finding linking verbs and the pronouns that go with them, see 2) In this section, I talk about pairs of subject pronouns with linking verbs Looking at pairs of words is helpful because choosing pronouns for compound subjects is always hard Check out this sentence: The new champions, who spelled "sassafras" correctly for the first and only time, are him and me Correct or incorrect Here's how to check Think of the equal sign (the linking verb) If the pronouns are correct, you should be able to reverse the sentence After all, 2 + 2 = 4 and 4 = 2 + 2