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than is used to link two halves of comparisons or contrasts, as in "Peter is considerably taller than John is", "He is older than I am" and "I am more informed about the situation than I was yesterday". Problems arise when the relevant verb is omitted. In order to be grammatically correct, the word after "than" should take the subject form if there is an implied verb, as in "He is older than I (am)". However this can sound stilted, as in "She works harder than he (does)", and in informal contexts this usually becomes "She works harder than him". If there is no implied verb, the word after than is in the object form, as in "rather you than me!".