English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

ON PERSONAL PRONOUNS: DUAL MEANING

The choice of personal pronoun can result in two different interpretations for a sentence as the sentences below show:

He likes Bisi more than *I.* ✅
This means that he likes Bisi, I too like Bisi, but he likes Bisi more than I like Bisi.

He likes Bisi more than *me.* ✅
This means that he likes Bisi, he likes me, but he likes Bisi more than he likes me.
GAB

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