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e.g. He is as tall as his brother.I am as good a swimmer as her sisters.These sentences could also be written:e.g. He is as tall as his brother is.I am as good a swimmer as her sisters are.In informal English, the final verb is usually not omitted following a personal pronounrepresenting the second thing being compared.e.g. I am as tall as he is.She is as good a swimmer as I am.However, in formal English, the final verb following a personal pronoun representingthe second thing being compared is sometimes omitted.e.g. I am as tall as he.She is as good a swimmer as 1.c. The use of the subjective caseAs shown above, when a personal pronoun is used in a comparison to represent thesecond thing being compared, the subjective case of the pronoun should be used. Thereason for this is that the pronoun is the subject of a verb, even when the verb isomitted by means of ellipsis.In informal English, the objective case of such personal pronouns is sometimes used.e.g. I am as tall as him.She is as good as swi mmer as me.However, this use of the objective case is considered to be grammatically incorrect.See Exercise 4.2. Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives which use endingsAs pointed out in the discussion on the possessive forms of nouns, some elements ofEnglish grammar are derived from Teutonic languages, such as German, while otherelements are derived from Romance languages, particularly French.Many English adjectives follow the model of French adjectives. These adjectives arecombined with adverbs in order to express different types of comparison. In thefollowing examples, the adjectives careful and excitable are combined with theadverbs more and most.e.g. She is more careful than I am.He is the most excitable boy in the class.However, in general, the shortest and most commonly used English adjectives followthe model of languages such as German. These adjectives use endings in order toexpress different types of comparison.e.g. She is taller than I am.He is the oldest boy in the class.