Homework Help: grammar

Posted by Leslie on Monday, December 6, 2010 at 11:22pm.

My teacher corrected a sentence, but wants me to explain why she is correct. I wrote: "Franklin acknowledges how difficult achieving perfection is, and how many have failed at it just like him." She corrected it to read: "Franklin acknowledges how difficult achieving perfection is, and how many have failed at it just like he has." Why is her version correct?

grammar - SraJMcGin, Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 2:40am
"just like him" is more "popular" language (speech)versus your teacher's "just like he has" is more sophisticated.(written)

Sra

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