comparative + hers | ours

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

EXPERT EXAMPLE:

His approach was totally different than ours.

*’ from ours’ is traditionally correct, but this is the highest frequency example!

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
7 LARGER THAN OURS 152
8 GREATER THAN OURS 148
9 BIGGER THAN OURS 146
10 WORSE THAN OURS 128
11 LARGE AS OURS 110
12 GOOD AS HERS 101
13 SMALLER THAN OURS 95
14 BIG AS OURS 75

15 HIGHER THAN HERS 66

Sky Sports

Johanna Konta pragmatic after second-round US Open loss

I think my level was a lot higher than hers in the first set.

4 Sept 2020

DIVERSE AS OURS

  CALmatters

Ethnic studies curriculum is what our students need in this moment

In a state as diverse as ours, our students must see themselves in their classrooms and instructional materials.

17 STRONGER THAN OURS 62
18 SHORTER THAN OURS 53
19 ADVANCED THAN OURS 48
20 DIFFERENT THAN HERS 48
21 STRONGER THAN HERS 48
22 COMPLEX AS OURS 47
23 GREATER THAN HERS 47
24 BIGGER THAN HERS 45
25 STRONG AS OURS 44
26 SENSITIVE THAN OURS 42
27 OLDER THAN OURS 41
28 GREAT AS OURS 40
29 BETTER THAN HERS 36
30 CHEAPER THAN OURS 34
31 RICH AS OURS 34
32 SMALL AS OURS 33
33 SMALLER THAN HERS 31
34 LOWER THAN HERS 30
35 IMPORTANT THAN OURS 28
36 POWERFUL THAN OURS 28
37 LOW AS OURS 27
38 PRECIOUS AS OURS 27
39 BAD AS OURS 26
40 WEALTHY AS OURS 25

B1:

powerful

B2:

complex, diverse, precious, sensitive, wealthy