Common errors in English: Usage of Comparison between similar things.

 Comparison between similar things


Incorrect: His pen is better than me. 


Correct : His pen is better than mine.


Note: In the first sentence here, his pen is compared with me as a person. Such a comparison is absurd. A pen can be compared with another pen. In the second sentence "mine' means 'my pen'. 


Similarly:

Incorrect : The mangoes of  Alan are better than Selena. 

Correct : The mangoes of Alan are better than those of Selena.

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