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When than is followed by a personal pronoun acting as the head of a noun phrase,

the object forms (me, him, her, us, etc.) are used:

My sister is prettier 

than me.

(or: My sister is prettier than I am.)

(My sister is prettier than I.)

While she is training, they’ll all have better-paid jobs 

than her, won’t they?

(or: While she is training, they’ll all have better-paid jobs than she has, won’t they?)

(While she is training, they’ll all have better-paid jobs than she, won’t they?)

Rather than

stresses one element of a comparison to the exclusion of the other 

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):

I’d say he was incompetent 

rather than ignorant.

(I’d say he was incompetent, not ignorant.)

They should buy experience 

rather than youth and energy if they want to

progress as a team.

(They should buy experience, not youth and energy …)