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used in comparatives of superiority (<span style="color:#042;">more ADJ '''than''', ADJ-er '''than'''</span>) and inferiority (<span style="color:#042;">less ADJ '''than'''</span>)
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used in comparatives of superiority (<span style="color:#032;">more ADJ '''than''', ADJ-er '''than'''</span>) and inferiority (<span style="color:#032;">less ADJ '''than'''</span>)
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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.