>Actually, Mike was right. It should be "me." If you use "I," you need to follow it with "am":
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>Anytime I say "someone is older than I am", I will usually say, "John is 20 years older than I am", as opposed to "John is 20 years older than I". The latter sounds a bit stuffy. It's correct, but (IMO) stuffy.
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>However, "John is 20 years older than me" isn't correct.

After I typed my message, but before I hit send, I went and checked. Both "than me" and "than I am" are correct. "Than I" is not, though it's often used with the "am" implied.

Tamar