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Degrees of Comparison (Tingkat Perbandingan Untuk Adjective / Adverb)
Degrees of Comparison (Tingkat Perbandingan Untuk Adjective / Adverb)
A. Positive Degree
[Membandingkan 2 benda yang se / tidak se]
Pronoun
*Equal comparison: An equal comparison indicates that the two entities are (or are not if
negative) exactly the same. The following rule generally applies to this type of comparison.
E.g. - He is as tall as his father
- He is not as tall as his father
* Note: sometimes you may see so instead of as before the adjective or adverb in
negative comparison
E.g. - He is not as tall as his father
OR
- He is not so tall as his father
* Note: Remember that the subject form
after as in correct English
E.g.
Peter is as tall as I
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Adjective
Noun
Far near
Distance
Heavy light
Weight
Tall short
Height
High low
Height
Cheap expensive
Price
Speed
Long short
Length
Age
Deep shallow
Depth
Size
Shape
Good bad
Quality
Wide narrow
Widht
Cold hot
Temperature
White blue
Colour
Examples:
Johns grades are higher than his sisters
Today is hotter than yesterday
This chair is more comfortable than the other
He speaks Spanish more fluently than I
He visits his family less frequently than she does
This years exhibit is less impressive than last years
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Doubled comparatives:
the + comparative + subject + verb + the + comparative + subject + verb
- The hotter it is, the more miserable I feel
- The bigger they are, the harder they fall
- The sooner you take the medicine, the better you will feel
NOTE:
Examples:
These shoes are the least expensive in this
shop
John is the tallest boy in the family
Deana is the shortest of the three sisters
Sally drove the most cautiously of all
That child behaves the most carelessly of the
group