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Story: 20 more writing mistakes that make you look stupid

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Posted by: 1000309315 (Friday 13 April 2007, 2:34 AM)

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And even more errors!

12. I/Me: We had several different takes on this, with one correspondent nailing it thus: "The correct choice can be seen when you finish the truncated sentence: He's bigger than I am. 'He's bigger than me am' actually sounds ridiculous and obviates the mistake."

It does make the mistake obvious - it certainly doesn't obviate it (i.e. prevent it, preclude it or render it unnecessary).

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