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19.2 position 1. Place comparatives and superlatives before the noun they describe.
2. If you need to put
a comparative after the noun, then precede it with
that. YES NO 1 This solution has
more serious drawbacks than the other solution. This solution has drawbacks
more serious than the other solution.
2 The application returns only the
results that are the most relevant . The application returns only the
results most relevant .
19.3 comparisons of (inequality 1. Use
than when comparing two or more items. Avoid unnecessary use of
with respect to / in comparison to / compared to. 2.
To say that items are the same, use
the same as. 3. When indicating that two things are equal in terms of a particular quality, use
as … as. 4. When making negative comparisons
less tends to be used only with multi-syllable adjectives. Use
not as … as with monosyllables or multisyllables.
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