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COMPARISON - Coggle Diagram
COMPARISON
Modifying comparisons with than
A big difference: a good/great deal, a lot, considerably, decidedly, far, infinitely, miles (informal), much, significantly three/four/many Times (etc.), way (informal)
The total silence was a
lot worse than
any sound could ever be.
There's
considerably more noise
when you get inside the venue.
I listen to live music
far more frequently than
l used to.
A small difference: a (little) bit, barely, any, fractionally marginally, slightly
Tickets are
slightly more expensive
this year.
No difference: no, not any
l'm
no happier than
l was in my last job.
TIP
We often omit the than or second as part of a comparative form it it is obvious
There's considerably more noise (
than there is here
) when you get inside the venue.
Comparative Patterns
We use double comparatives with adjectives and adverbs to say that somebody or something is changing
These exams are getting
harder and harder
.
Time seemed to go
more and more slowly
. NOT Time seemed to go more slowly and more slowly.
We use the ... the with comparatives or more/less to say that things change together because they depend on each other:
The harder
you train,
the longer
you can run.
The more
I think about it,
the more
I realise it was a mistake.
The more
hours I work,
the less
time t have for my family.
Superlative patterns
We usually use superlatives to highlight something exceptional. We often limit the range of superlatives with relative clauses or adverbs
She's
the most talkative
person
I know. / ever! / in the world. / of all.
I did
the best I possibly could.
We can modify the strength of a superlative with adverbs like by far, easily. (not) nearly, almost, not quite.
That was
by far the best
lesson this year.
He's
easily the happiest
l've ever seen him these days.
It was
n't quite the most difficult
test i to ever had but it was close!
so / such
We use so + adjective/adverb (+ that) and such + a + noun (+ that) to describe a very high level
It's
so loud
here
that
I can ’t hear myself think!
If this is
such a bad job
, why don ’t you find a better one?
not enough / sufficiently / too
We use tool / (not) enough to compare things with a standard. Suficiently has the same meaning as enough but is more formal
Jones is good
enough to
win the race.
We have
n't
got
enough
petrol for the journey
The children were
not sufficiently
well-behaved to receive any sweets.
The weather is
too
cold
to
go outside.
This jumper is
too
big
for
me.