My English is excellent, but I'd like to know whether this is grammatically correct, especially in a formal situation. My slang/day-to-day English is excellent, but I don't know if this would be grammatically correct for writing a novel or a formal e-mail.
Would it be grammatically correct to say, for example:
"He is older than me by one year."
rather than:
"He is one year older than me."
Are both correct, grammatically?
Best Answer
Both constructions are used and so both constructions are grammatically correct. The second is slightly better stylistically, if only because it is slightly shorter.