English Usage

``WHICH OF the following sentences is correct? ``He runs faster than me'', or, ``He runs faster than I''?

Very often people wonder if they should say, ``It's me'', or ``It's I''. In the past, the accepted form was ``It's I''. ``It's me'' was considered unacceptable. Nowadays, of course, ``It's me'' is the preferred answer to the question, ``Who is it?''. You would sound pretty pompous if you were to say, ``It's I''.

Both the sentences that you have given are acceptable. The most common response to the question ``Who runs faster?'' would be ``He runs faster than me''. Although ``He runs faster than I'' is correct, it sounds rather old fashioned. You won't find too many native speakers of English saying, ``He is older than I'' or ``He is a better player than I''. In sentences like these, there is a tendency nowadays to replace ``I'' with ``me''.