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Still older than me vs Still older then me

The correct phrase is 'still older than me.' The word 'than' is used to make comparisons, while 'then' is used to indicate time or sequence. In this case, 'than' is the correct choice for comparing ages.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 3684 views

Still older than me

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'still older than me' when comparing ages and indicating that someone is older than you.
  • I'm still older than you.
  • Which is still 20 years older than I'd like to be.
  • Still, it's older than you are.
  • Of course it is, Topper, and I'm still one year older than you, little boy!
  • Several national central banks still exchange even older banknote series than those depicted.
  • It's an older steroid still used by bottom-feeders.
  • The vast majority of older people still live at home on a day-day basis.
  • There, sire, I suspect, which would make him older still.
  • We're still here, getting older and busier, but no richer.
  • For the EU overall, the incidence in the 25-34 age bracket is still twice that for older age groups.
  • In addition, they could further increase their net capacity, at least on a temporary basis, in deferring the planned gradual dismantlement of older but still operative presses.
  • In our recent report on the application of the broad economic policy guidelines for 2001, we point out that in some network industries, the older operators still maintain high market quotas, an indicator that the opening up of the market is still not as desired.
  • I was older than you but it was still unbearable.
  • There are people older than you who still study.
  • I may be older than I was but I can still tell when a man is interested.
  • My mother was at least two years older than whatever Joan Crawford says she is, and she was still very fetching.
  • It's merely a short way of saying you're still young enough to pattern your behaviour after people older than you.
  • If you wonder why you're 20 years older than Hathaway and still a DC, look in the mirror.
  • Even though the 2000 Employment Directive should be adhered to in each Member State, many of those older workers still do not know what their rights are under this Directive, and many Member States are flouting the rules.
  • I'm older than you and I'm telling you It seems bad now, but you can still change things.

Still older then me

This phrase is incorrect. 'Then' is used to indicate time or sequence, not for making comparisons.

  • I'm still older than you.
  • The people who stayed here were 30-40 years older then us.
  • I was a bit older then so I ran across the street, tried to get some help.
  • First she goes after my mother, then me.
  • Actually, he'd kill Ross first, then me.
  • He married my mother, then me.
  • He married my ma, then me.
  • Graziano took a lot more risks then me.
  • Well then me, I glow like a pig.
  • She had a lover fifteen years younger then me.
  • Then me, but if we're not around...
  • He was always bigger then me.
  • Then me Aunt Dolly went for the police.
  • You attacked my child and then me.
  • Then me and Linc worked on the dimwit dunker, And baby boy watched himself a little reality television.
  • First me all by myself, then me and Felix, then me, Felix and Liboire...
  • So first it was Reid at the phone booth, then me with the flowers, now Hotch.
  • Okay, Roy, Paris and then me in the shower - don't even think about it, Dave, or I'll shoot you.
  • I can't keep telling my kids to do one thing and then me do another.
  • I slit his throat and then me and Ashad got rid of the body.

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