<p>Sorry to clog the forum with a stupid question, but what do phrases like “She’s 2 years his junior” or “He’s 15 years his senior” mean?? I’ve tried googling it but only bios and news articles come up. It’s driving me crazy! A quick response or two would be much appreciated!!</p>
<p>“15 years his senior” = 15 years older than him
“2 years his junior” = 2 years younger than him</p>
<p>Should be “he,” not “him.”</p>
<p>It should be ‘It should be “he,” not “him.”’</p>
<p>I know…I was too lazy to add the “it” after I hit submit. Sorry. I should’ve expected something, however, knowing that the topic of my post was grammatical correctness.</p>
<p>lol guys, sorry for the grammar mistakes. It’s summer; my brain’s lazy ;)</p>
<p>so i don’t have 2 say: “than he is” but “than he” is good enough?</p>
<p>Both are correct, but “than he is” is preferred. Without “is” the sentence reads awkwardly, and you come off as a bit pedantic.</p>
<p>When you say “than he,” the “is” is implied. Using “he” makes the sentence structure parallel.</p>
<p>Who cares?</p>
<p>If Jane Austen can get away with grammatical errors, I think we can let a modern summer-drugged student slide a bit.</p>
<p>“[Emma Woodhouse] was the youngest of two daughters…” honestly. That bugs me to this day.</p>
<p>I don’t believe using “he” would make the sentence structure parallel, but it definitely sounds very pedantic. Even though I consider myself a grammarian, I would laugh at you if you said “fifteen years older than he.” :)</p>
<p>Once at Best Buy, two Indians were in front of me in line. One of them told the cashier, after she had asked whether their purchase was together, “Yes, we two.” She asked again, and he repeated what he said, this time indicating with his hands that they were together. The only reason I remember this is because they said “We two” rather than “Us two,” which would have avoided the confusion.</p>
<p>The thing that really gets to me is Shakespeare’s “Between you and I.” Seriously, that bothers me more than anything else (except for maybe confusing “its” with “it’s”).</p>
<p>redski59: thanks a lot!!</p>
<p>sometimes i just put “its” because im to lazy to put the '</p>
<p>btw, funny how this became a “grammar 101” thread…</p>
<p>WHY is it that in practically every board on here, there is a huge debate over grammar? It’s irritating. Geez, no one cares. Why don’t you focus on the subject itself rather than making yourself seem smarter and nitpicking every little detail? I mean, more power to you, I do it too sometimes in person, but what is the point in doing this here? Just let it go and keep it to yourself. If you MUST do it just make your own thread and you guys can debate grammar to yourselves, not all over this board.</p>