Someone asked me today whether one should use "I" or "me" after "other than." Now, I know the standard answer for when you have just "than" - fill in the words that you think are elided to get the right pronoun: John gave Mary more books than I [gave Mary]. John gave Mary more books than [he gave] me. But...I can't make ellipsis work with "other than": *Don't talk to anyone other than [you talk to] me. If I used "but" instead of "other than," I'd class that "but" as a preposition - it seems to be introducing a noun phrase, not a clause with elliptical bits -- so that's the route I went with "other than." Does that seem reasonable? Garner's dictionary of usage had nothing on that particular point. Thanks in advance - Bill Spruiell To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/