Robert Newson wrote:
> Tony Firshman wrote:
>
> ...
>
>>>> Indeed, but not completely - it would be "I am" not "I are".
>>>>
>>> As in "She is nicer than you and I am"? Surely it's "we are" not "we am".
>>> I was referring to the 'correct' "She is nicer than than you and I" (are)
>
> As I thought, but shirley "you and I", the subject of the missing/implicit
> verb is plural (together as one pronoun: "we") and so would use "are" and
> not "am"?
Ah I see what you mean - "You and I" is the plural.
Tony
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