📄️ Introduction
Various words and structures can be used for comparing. This Section deals particularly with structures used for expressing equality and inequality.
📄️ *as … as*; *as much/many as*
Use
📄️ Comparative and superlative adjectives
One-syllable adjectives normally have comparatives and superlatives ending in \-er, \-est. Some two-syllable adjectives are similar; others have more and most. Longer adjectives have more and most.
📄️ Comparative and superlative adverbs
Most comparative and superlative adverbs are made with more and most.
📄️ Using comparatives and superlatives
than
📄️ *much older*, *by far the oldest*, etc
much, far, etc with comparatives
📄️ Comparison: advanced points
Comparative meaning ‘relatively’, ‘more than average’