Right. He is a student than whom there is none better.
Revise. I like him better than she.
306. Use the possessive case of a noun or pronoun with a gerund.
Wrong. I am tired of you going away like this.
Right. I am tired of your going away like this.
Wrong. Had you not heard of him being ill?
Right. Had you not heard of his being ill?
Revise. I will not consider Henry leaving.
Revise. Too much attention was paid to Ethel being rewarded.
307. Put only nouns indicating persons or animate beings into the possessive case.