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Use of Comparison

1.     The comparative degree is used for the comparison of two things / persons or groups ( of things / persons ) that are different with regard to adjective . The comparative form is usually followed by than.

e.g.

Zeki is 10 years old .

Yousif is 14 years old .

Yousif is older than zeki .

Zeki is younger than yousif .

This chair is more comfortable than that .

The trees in our garden are taller than the ones in yours .

There is less water in this jug than (there is ) in that .

Our school team is better than theirs .

He is shorter than any other boy in the class .

2.     The superlative degree is used for the comparison of three or more things / persons or groups ( of things / persons ) that are different with regard to the adjective . The superlative form is usually preceded by the .

e.g.

Our house is the largest in the neighborhood .

It means larger than any other house …..

Everest is the highest mountain in the world

These are the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen .

3.     The positive form of the adjective is used for comparison in two ways :

a.      to show similarity between two persons / things or groups (of persons /things) . this is done by using the structure :

as + positive adj. + as (in the affirmative).

e.g.

The child is as quite as a mouse.

He is as proud as a peacock .

Oil is as valuable as gold .

She looks as fresh as daisy .

b.     To show that two persons /things or groups (of persons /things ) are different with regard to the adjective . This is done by using the structure in (32 ?????) above in the negative .

The first as may also be changed into so .

             e.g.

   His marks are not as / so high as he hoped .

   The hotel was not as / so comfortable as we expected .

   The test was not as / so easy as the students desired .

    More uses of the comparative degree

a.      The following pattern is used to show that the degree o one quality depends upon the degree of another .

( The  +  comparative (1)  +  subject  +  verb  +  the +  comparative (2)  +  subject  +  verb ) .

e.g.

The better your work is , the more money you will get .

The easier the questions are , the higher marks the students will get .

The more complicated the machine is , the more difficult it becomes to repair .

b.     The comparatives are usually joined by and to show gradual increase or decrease .

e.g.

She is getting prettier and prettier .

The horse is becoming more and more difficult to handle .

The matter is growing less and less important .