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Comparative
 Illogical Comparative –
difference and similarity

Double Comparatives

Learning
Objectives Comparative Estimates (as
many/much as)

Comparative Estimates -
(more than and less than)
 1. Illogical Comparative – difference and
similarity

• Comparable nouns
is different
from that
Noun differs
(singular) is similar to that
of/in/at Noun
are Different
Noun from those
differ
(plural)
are similar to those

- Avoid using different than

 Illogical Comparative examples

1. Incorrect : The climate in Yogyakarta is different than Bandung.

Correct : The climate in Yogyakarta is different from that in Bandung.

2. Incorrect : The parts of a notebook are different from a cellphone.

Correct : The parts of a notebook are different from those of a cellphone.

3. Incorrect : The facilities at my university are similar to his university.

Correct : The facilities at my university are similar to those at his university
2. Double Comparatives

Cause Result

The comparative S V , the comparative S V

The higher the demand is, the lower the price is.
The more food you eat, the more weight you gain.
The faster we finish, the sooner we can leave.
 3. Comparative Estimates (as
many/much as)
Subject verb Multiple As Much/many (noun) as Noun/
pronoun

Multiple: half, twice, three times

Avoid using so, than, more

Incorrect : He understands the lesson as many than her.

Correct : He understands the lesson as much as she does.

Incorrect : Unfortunately, he paid two times more than I did.

Correct : Unfortunately, he paid two times as many as I did.

Incorrect : I ate three times so many than he did.

Correct : I ate three times as many as he did.
 4. Comparative Estimates - (more than
and less than)

Subject verb more/less than number

Avoid using “as” instead of “than”

Incorrect : More one hundred people came to the meeting.

Correct : More than one hundred people came to the meeting.
Incorrect : We have lived in this country for as less than ten years.
Correct : We have lived in this country for less than ten years.
Incorrect : This university has more as ten thousand students.
Correct : This university has more than ten thousand students.
Incorrect : Pele scored more as 1280 goals during his career.
Correct : Pele scored more than 1280 goals during his career.
Practices

1. Courses in the university are more difficult from college.

2. The shape of this product is the similar to that product.
3. The duties of a firefighter are more dangerous than a secretary.
4. Andy’s motorcycle runs faster than Mike’s.
5. The temperature of this room higher than those rooms.