Comparative-المقارنة

Comparative

A) We use than after comparatives(older than .../ more expensive than ... etc.):

• İstanbul is older than Rome
  
• Are oranges more expensive than bananas?
  
• It's easier to phone than to write a letter.
  
• "How are you today?" Not bad. Better than yesterday.
  
• The restaurant is more crowded than usual.
  

B) We say: than me / than him / than her / than us / than them. You can say:

• I can run faster than him. or I can faster than he can.
  
• You are a better singer than me. or You are a better singer than i am.
  
• I got up earlier than her. or I got up earlier than she did.
  

C) more less than ...

• A: How much did your shoes cost? $30?
  B: No, more than that. (=more than $30)
  
• The film was very short - less than an hour.
  
• They've got more money than they need.
  
• You go out more than me.
  

D) a bit older / much older etc.

A

B

C

D

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class=style19 scope="row"]Box A is a bit bigger than box B. [/td][td
class=style19]Box C is much bigger than box D. [/td][/tr]

• Canada is much bigger than France.
  
• Jill is a bit older than Gary - she's 25 and he's 241/2
  
• The hotel was much more expensive than I expected.
  
• You go out much more than me.
  

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When we compare two things or people we look at what makes them different from each other.
For example:

Comparative
adjectives are used to show what quality one thing has more or less
than the other. They normally come before any other adjectives.
For example:

The
rule for forming the comparative is any one syllable adjective add -er
to the end. Any longer adjective (two syllables or more) use more in
front of the adjective.
For example:

• "Mount Everest is higher than Mount Snowdon.", 'high' is a short (one syllable) word.
  

"Arguably, Rome is more beautiful than Paris.", beautiful is a long word, (when comparing two things like this we put than between the adjective and the thing being compared).
The following adjectives are exceptions to this rule:

• 'good' becomes 'better'
  
• 'bad' becomes 'worse'
  
• 'far' becomes 'farther' or 'further'