Quick question, internets!

[sofiaviolet]

Which sounds more correct?

But he was only as tall as her, and prone to slouching.

But he was only as tall as she, and prone to slouching.

I am hoping my professor was trying to correct it to "she was" and just forgot to write in half of it. "She was," btw, will be my compromise between his wtaf correction and my increasingly-acceptable original.

Comments

[tuesdaysgone.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure door #2 is the correct grammatical structure.

[sofiaviolet]

This, I agree with.

But I cannot in good conscience end a clause with a subject pronoun. It just sounds wrong, in my head and especially out loud (a concern because of the format of the class).

[tuesdaysgone.livejournal.com]

The 'compromise' sentence you've mentioned sounds fine when I read it out loud. I don't usually think about that kind of thing because I so rarely read aloud! (Yet. Cody's starting to get to the age where he actually pays attention when you talk to him, which means I can start reading to him!)

It's so interesting to see how everyone phrases things, though. I'd have probably expressed the same thought with "but he was no taller than she was."

[sofiaviolet]

Hm. Your way might be even better. Will ponder. I want whichever better emphasizes that she is surprised that they is more or less the same height - she thought he'd be taller.

Inasmuch as she thought about it, anyway.