Difference between revisions of "Than"

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*<span style="color:#600;">more</span> <span style="color:#074;font-size:80%;">ADJ / ADV / N</span><span style="font-size:65%;">(s)</span> ''than'')  
 
*<span style="color:#600;">more</span> <span style="color:#074;font-size:80%;">ADJ / ADV / N</span><span style="font-size:65%;">(s)</span> ''than'')  
 
and in comparisons of inferiority
 
and in comparisons of inferiority
* <span style="color:#060;">less</span> <span style="color:#074;font-size:80%;">ADJ / ADV / N</span> ''than''  
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* <span style="color:#037;">less</span> <span style="color:#074;font-size:80%;">ADJ / ADV / N</span> ''than''  
* <span style="color:#060;">fewer</span> <span style="color:#074;font-size:80%;">N</span>s ''than''
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* <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]].
 
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]].

Revision as of 21:19, 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.