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You used to travel way more than I did. Or

You used to travel way more than I have. Or

You used to travel way more than I've traveled.

Which one is grammatically correct and do they have the same meaning?

Thank you!

KrisBlueNZ · Accepted Answer

1. "You used to travel way more than I did."
2. "You used to travel way more than I have."
3. "You used to travel way more than I've traveled."

Sentence 1 is grammatically correct and appropriate. It refers to a time (or more generally, a range of time, perhaps many years long) in the past, and compares how much travelling "you" did, with how much travelling "I" did, during that time period.

Sentence 2 is probably acceptable grammatically but I wouldn't say it. That's because it's not normal to compare the amount of travelling that "you" used to do sometime in the past, with the total amount of travelling that I have ever done, in my whole life, which is what's implied by "... than I have".

Sentence 3 is similar to sentence 2; in fact "... than I've traveled" spells out explicitly that you're comparing the amount of travelling that "you" did sometime in the past with the total amount of travelling that I have done in my lifetime.

PreciousJones · Answer

Thank you very much!!!

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