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Comparative

A) We use than after comparatives(older than .../ more expensive than ... etc.):

İstanbul is older than Rome
Are oranges more expensive than bananas?
It's easier to phone than to write a letter.
"How are you today?" Not bad. Better than yesterday.
The restaurant is more crowded than usual.

B) We say: than me / than him / than her / than us / than them. You can say:

I can run faster than him. or I can faster than he can.
You are a better singer than me. or You are a better singer than i am.
I got up earlier than her. or I got up earlier than she did.

C) more less than ...

A: How much did your shoes cost? $30?
B: No, more than that. (=more than $30)
The film was very short - less than an hour.
They've got more money than they need.
You go out more than me.

D) a bit older / much older etc.

A

B

C

D

Box A is a bit bigger than box B.

Box C is much bigger than box D.

Canada is much bigger than France.
Jill is a bit older than Gary - she's 25 and he's 241/2
The hotel was much more expensive than I expected.
You go out much more than me.

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When we compare two things or people we look at what makes them different from each other.

For example:

Examples:
The man on the left is taller than the man on the right.	A car is faster than a bicycle.

Comparative adjectives are used to show what quality one thing has more or less than the other. They normally come before any other adjectives.

For example:

The red bag is bigger than the blue bag.

The rule for forming the comparative is any one syllable adjective add -er to the end. Any longer adjective (two syllables or more) use more in front of the adjective.

For example:

"Mount Everest is higher than Mount Snowdon.", 'high' is a short (one syllable) word.

"Arguably, Rome is more beautiful than Paris.", beautiful is a long word, (when comparing two things like this we put than between the adjective and the thing being compared).

The following adjectives are exceptions to this rule:

'good' becomes 'better'
'bad' becomes 'worse'
'far' becomes 'farther' or 'further'