Difference between revisions of "Than"
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− | used in | + | used in comparisons of superiority: |
− | * | + | *<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'') |
+ | and in comparisons of inferiority | ||
+ | * less <span style="color:#074;font-size:80%;">ADJ / ADV / N</span> ''than'' | ||
+ | * fewer <span style="color:#074font-size:80%;">N</span>s ''than'' | ||
− | There is no equivalent morpheme to <span style="color:#032;font-weight:bold;">-er</span> for comparisons of inferiority. | + | There is no equivalent morpheme to <span style="color:#032;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]]. |
Revision as of 22:16, 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.