I suppose it could be interpreted as "more people than I have been to Russia". — Michael
Which is to say that other people have been to Russia, and collectively they number greater than I do. Or that the number of people who have been to Russia is greater than one, and that number includes myself and others. — Sapientia
Or just "other people besides me have been to Russia". — Michael
More people have been to Russia than I have (had hot dinners). — unenlightened
You can't (yes you can) ellipt unknown information though (I'm lying). And this would (no it wouldn't) in any case have to rephrased to: "The number of people who have visited Russia is greater than the number of hot dinners I have had" to be properly symmetrical (ignore me, I don't know what I'm talking about). — Baden
More people have visited Russia than I have (visited Russia).
The problem is the incongruent asymmetry of subject and the concomitant incongruent symmetry of (ellipted) object. In this type of comparison the subject of the main verb "visited" (or "been to") (when the main verb does not vary across both clauses in the sentence) should match in type and vary in some quality, and the object of the verb should represent the varying quality. In this case, "location visited". — Baden
More people know the answer to that question than I do.Does the statement in the discussion title make any sense? — Luke
If so, then what about "more people have visited Russia than fish have"? — Michael
I suppose it could be interpreted as "more people than I have been to Russia". — Michael
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