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

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

I kind of dislike the flow of "He was only as tall as she was"; the repeated "was" is the problem. I think "her" is more than fine, given this context.

Also, I would assume you're writing fiction? Fuck prescriptivism and go with what sounds right. Pronoun case and ellipsis in English is a giant mess and the linguists don't really have an answer for what's up, anyway. I would only worry if this was supposed to be in a very formal register.

[sofiaviolet]

Fiction indeed.

All right then. I will leave it.

... it's just not a writing class if absolutely none of your professor's recommendations make you go omgwtf.