Tham khảo tài liệu 'grammar practice for upperintermediate - part 2', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Nouns adjectives and adverbs Notes Less and least can be used in comparative and superlative sentences Travelling by train is less tiring than driving. This mast be the least attractive part of the coast. Least is sometimes used in the expression not in the least meaning not at all It doesn t matter in the least if yon can t come. I ll see you next week. Spelling hot hotter hottest thin thinner thinnest big - bigger - biggest single single vowel consonant double consonant nice large rude nicer larger ruder nicest largest rudest e ending An adjective with a negative prefix forms its comparative and superlative in the same way as the adjective without the negative prefix unkind unkinder unkindest unhappy unhappier unhappiest kind - kinder - kindest happy happier happiest honest more honest most honest dishonest more dishonest most dishonest However it is more common to say not as kind as . not as honest as . than it is to say unkinder more dishonest. When than is followed by a personal pronoun it can be a subject pronoun auxiliary or a subject pronoun whole clause. In informal English it is acceptable to use an object pronoun after than She works harder than I do. She works harder than me. informal She works harder than I used to work at her age. It is not always necessary to follow a comparative with than. A comparative can stand on its own a Shall we go by train or by bus b The train s more expensive. a Yes but it s more comfortable. It is clear from the context that the train is being compared with the bus. We use as adjective as to indicate that two things are very similar. And we often use it in the negative not as . as I m not as strong as you are. Two comparatives joined by and give the idea of a continuing increase It s growing bigger and bigger every day. It s getting more and more difficuU to find a quiet beach. We can qualify comparatives using a bit a little a little bit quite a bit a lot much far even hardly any no She s much happier than she used to be.
