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her or she?

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I've seen this on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j7pQ1sk ... er&list=UL

There I came across this sentence
Mama bought me an old airplane magazine. It's older than her.

I wonder if it should have been written this way below

Mama bought me an old airplane magazine. It's older them she.

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You’re right. I’ve an old rule that says the case of a pronoun following the word “than” is determined by mentally supplying the verb after it. Therefore, “... It's older than she [not "her"] (is).” is correct.
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Mama bought me an old airplane magazine. It's older than she.
The correct answer is she.
Explanation:

If we mentally complete the sentence, we would say, "It's older than she is." Therefore, she is the correct answer.
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Mama bought me an old airplane magazine. It's older than her.

You can't say "It's older than she" because the sentence can't be understandable!!! :lol:
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You are older than me. OR You are older than I am.

It is older than her. OR It is older than she is.
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I can accept

It is older than she is.

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Tukanja wrote:I've seen this on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j7pQ1sk ... er&list=UL

There I came across this sentence
Mama bought me an old airplane magazine. It's older than her.

I wonder if it should have been written this way below

Mama bought me an old airplane magazine. It's older them she.

Thanks
Than her not than she :-)
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