Difference between revisions of "Than"
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+ | There is no equivalent morpheme to <span style="color:#032;font-weight:bold;">-er</span> for comparisons of inferiority. As a result, the structure <span style="color:#104;">not as ADJ as</span> is frequent, especially with short adjectives. Cf. [[as]]. |
Revision as of 19:17, 13 March 2020
used in comparatives of superiority (more ADJ than, ADJ-er than) and inferiority (less ADJ than)
There is no equivalent morpheme to -er for comparisons of inferiority. As a result, the structure not as ADJ as is frequent, especially with short adjectives. Cf. as.