Difference between revisions of "Than"

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used in comparatives of superiority and inferiority:
 
used in comparatives of superiority and inferiority:
*(<span style="color:#032;font-size:80%;">ADJ</span>-er ''than'', more <span style="color:#032;font-size:80%;">ADJ / ADV / N</span><span style="font-size:65%;">(s)</span> ''than''</span>)  
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*(<span style="color:#074;font-size:80%;">ADJ</span>-er ''than'', more <span style="color:#074;font-size:80%;">ADJ / ADV / N</span><span style="font-size:65%;">(s)</span> ''than''</span>)  
* (less <span style="color:#032;font-size:80%;">ADJ/ADV/N</span> ''than'' / fewer <span style="color:#032;font-size:80%;">N</span>s ''than''</span>)
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* (less <span style="color:#074;font-size:80%;">ADJ / ADV / N</span> ''than'' / fewer <span style="color:#074font-size:80%;">N</span>s ''than''</span>)
  
 
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:#304;">not as ADJ as</span> is frequent, especially with short adjectives. Cf. [[as]].
 
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:#304;">not as ADJ as</span> is frequent, especially with short adjectives. Cf. [[as]].

Revision as of 21:11, 16 October 2020

used in comparatives of superiority and inferiority:

  • (ADJ-er than, more ADJ / ADV / N(s) than</span>)
  • (less ADJ / ADV / N than / fewer Ns than</span>)

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.