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

[lovelypoet.livejournal.com]

I think "Her" is right as this could be the objective form of she. Just try reducing it to a simpler sentence and present tense. "He is as tall as her."

No matter what other decoration you add, you're still using him as the subject and her as the object.

Also, the comma after her is technically unnecessary as "prone to slouching" is a dependent clause relating back to "he was"

[sofiaviolet]

Hm. Like I said in one of the other replies, I'm going to ask my class what they think.

As long as the comma isn't thoroughly incorrect, I think I'll leave it. It's a sound thing - when I read that out loud, I put enough of a pause there that I write in the comma. Although maybe not. You've got me thinking. ^-^

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

yeah, I also like the comma there; it keeps the "prone to slouching" thing as a bit of an afterthought, or with an implicit "...at that", which I quite like the rhythm of.