Comparative Degree

[FangFang]

Hi, friends!!! Please read this following sentence:
"She's a zillion times brainier than I am."
How to use "times+adj(-er) than ....." in the comparative degree form? Can I say "She 's zillion times brainier than me?"

Thanks!
F.F

[canadian45]

Yes, you can if you add the a before zillion.

[Yankee]

Hi FangFang

Or you'd say "She's zillions of times brainier than me."

- hundreds of times more than
- two hundred times more than
- a (one) hundred times more than

Amy
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[FangFang]

Hi, Amy ,hi, canadian45. Thank you!
But I wonder why "me" could be used here, in fact, I am confused about it.

[Conchita]

[canadian45]

Yes, the most grammatically correct way to say it is "......than I (am)".

However, it is very common for native speakers to say ".....than me", so "than me" has become accepted as also being correct.

[Yankee]

Hi Fang Fang

Yes, that's right. Using "than me" is a very normal, typical and widely used conversational style. Your sentence seems to be just right for it . If you want to be more formal, use your first sentence: "than I am."

Saying "than I" (in other words, without "am") would be extremely formal.

Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English