Timeline for What is the subject when it's omitted after the comparison?
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| Mar 31, 2016 at 3:12 | vote | accept | Lulu | ||
| Mar 30, 2016 at 18:59 | history | edited | user230 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 30, 2016 at 16:30 | comment | added | Gamal Thomas | @Damkerng, thank you, its a very useful notice for me. | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 13:28 | comment | added | Damkerng T. | @GamalThomas Note that "Paul is more interested in Maths than Mary" can be ambiguous, as it can compare "Maths" with "Mary", as well as it can compare "Paul" with "Mary". The ambiguity is usually not a problem, though, as common sense usually can tell us which meaning was intended. ;-) | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 12:53 | history | edited | Yuri | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 30, 2016 at 8:14 | comment | added | Yuri | Glad you found it useful. | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 8:11 | comment | added | Gamal Thomas | Thank you so much. I thought the sentence has no "is" now I know it is just omitted in spoken language. | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 8:06 | comment | added | Yuri | This type of inversion is optional. Yes, you can also say than Mary is. than Mary is very common, though it's not encouraged in formal written language. | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 7:51 | comment | added | Gamal Thomas | Azad@,, Can we omit "is" and rewrite the sentence "Paul is more interested in Maths than Mary" ? | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 7:20 | history | edited | Yuri | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 30, 2016 at 7:14 | history | answered | Yuri | CC BY-SA 3.0 |