Difference between revisions of "Than"

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* <span style="color:#037;">fewer</span> <span style="color:#074;font-size:80%;">N</span>s ''than''
 
* <span style="color:#037;">fewer</span> <span style="color:#074;font-size:80%;">N</span>s ''than''
  
There is no equivalent morpheme to <span style="color:#600;font-weight:bold;">-er</span> for comparisons of inferiority.  The structure <span style="color:#304;">not as <span style="color:#074;font-size:80%;">ADJ</span> <span style="color:#304;">as</span> compensates for this missing grammatical possibility. Cf. [[as]].
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There is no equivalent morpheme to <span style="color:#600;font-weight:bold;">-er</span> for comparisons of inferiority.  The structure <span style="color:#304;">not as</span> <span style="color:#074;font-size:80%;">ADJ</span> <span style="color:#304;">as</span> compensates for this missing grammatical possibility. Cf. [[as]].

Revision as of 21:20, 16 October 2020

used in comparisons of superiority:

  • ADJ-er than
  • more ADJ / ADV / N(s) than)

and in comparisons of inferiority

  • less ADJ / ADV / N than
  • fewer Ns than

There is no equivalent morpheme to -er for comparisons of inferiority. The structure not as ADJ as compensates for this missing grammatical possibility. Cf. as.