Point 76 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as: Possessive pronouns ‘hers’ and ‘ours’ in comparative clauses. An iWeb search for _jj as|than hers|ours: 1 DIFFERENT THAN OURS 491 2 IMPORTANT AS OURS 470 3 GOOD AS OURS 400 4 BETTER THAN OURS 250 5 HIGHER THAN OURS 223 6 LOWER THAN OURS 157 […]
Category: comparatives
comparative adjective list
BETTER AIRIER ANGRIER APTER BADDER BALDER BEEFIER BETTER-INFORMED BETTER-KNOWN BETTER-LOOKING BETTER-OFF BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED BIGGER BLACKER BLEAKER BLONDER BLOODIER BLUER BLUNTER BLURRIER BOLDER BOSSIER BOUNCIER BRAINIER BRASHER BRAVER BRIEFER BRIGHTER BROADER BROWNER BULKIER BUMPIER BUSHIER BUSIER BUSTIER CALMER CAMPER CATHETER CHEAPER CHEWIER CHILLIER CHUNKIER CLASSIER CLEANER CLEARER CLEVERER CLOSER CLOUDIER CLUNKIER COARSER COLDER COMFIER COOLER COSTLIER COZIER […]
slightly | a bit | much (comparative)
This post will attempt to untangle another set of grammar features that are clashing across levels. The centre of the confusion starts with: C1 Point 63 in the category of ADVERB phrases which is defined as: degree adverbs (‘slightly‘, ‘a bit‘, ‘much‘) to modify comparatives. But it clashes completely with B2 Point 57 in the category […]
BE more | less likely
Point 169 in the category of MODALITY is defined as: ‘(much) more/less’ to modify ‘likely’ in a comparison. There is overlap with point 63 in ADVERB phrases: types and meanings at C1. degree adverbs (‘slightly’, ‘a bit’, ‘much‘) to modify comparatives A cluster search on iWeb for * * less|more likely * *: 1 […]
the more comparative phrase
Point 56 in the category of DETERMINERS and articles is defined as “the” in comparative phrases ‘more’, ‘less’, ‘worse’, ‘better’ * the more’, ‘less’, ‘worse’ * to talk about one thing that is affected by another. comparative clauses A search on iWeb for the _rgr shows that ‘the more’ is much more common than ‘the […]
comparative than non-finite clause
Point 103 in the category of CLAUSES & comparatives is defined as: COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE + ‘THAN’ + NON-FINITE CLAUSE ‘than’ + an increasing range of non-finite clauses (to-infinitive, reduced clause) forming the second part of a comparison after a comparative adjective. Here are some examples: The numbers are higher than expected. To be kind is more […]
the same as clause
Point 101 in CLAUSES & comparatives is defined as ‘THE SAME’ (+ NOUN) + ‘AS’ + CLAUSE Sadly there is no mention of whether this is only finite clauses because in iWeb a great deal of the following verbs are participles suggesting this is usually followed non-finite clauses. the same as * * * Here […]
rather than non-finite clause phrase
In the English Grammar Profile, in the category of clauses and comparatives, there are two similar points that stress one element in comparison. Point 97 at B2 is defined as: RATHER THAN + NON-FINITE CLAUSE Point 54 at B1 is defined as RATHER THAN + PHRASE or prepositional phrase *Also notice below the ambiguity between […]
superlative that clause unique
This post is another that shows overlapping and points from different levels. Both points require a superlative to be followed by a clause. What is strange is that the B2 clause can be anything. Whereas the B1 point must be present or past perfect. This is strange because it is much harder to find something […]
as if as though comparison
Here are two very similar points at different levels under Clauses and comparatives in the English Grammar Profile. They are unusual because the B1, the lower level of English ability, contains more complexity and is based more on natural collocation. Indeed, to adhere to B2 definitions, one must avoid what vocabulary collocates most naturally. B2 […]