{"id":74153,"date":"2020-04-20T10:15:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T10:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=74153"},"modified":"2020-04-20T10:15:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T10:15:51","slug":"comparison-using-positive-adjectives-and-adverbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/comparison-using-positive-adjectives-and-adverbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison Using Positive Adjectives And Adverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Positive\u00a0<a href=\"adjectives-kinds.htm\">adjectives<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/what-are-adverbs\/\">adverbs<\/a>\u00a0can be used for comparing. Several different\u00a0grammatical structures\u00a0are possible.<\/p>\n<h3>As \u2026 as \u2026<\/h3>\n<p>This structure is used to say that people, things, actions or events are equal in a particular way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A car is\u00a0<b>as fast as\u00a0<\/b>a bus.<\/li>\n<li>Alice is\u00a0<b>as beautiful as<\/b>\u00a0Mary.<\/li>\n<li>Tom is\u00a0<b>as tall as<\/b>\u00a0Harry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If we want to say that people, things etc are unequal in a particular way, we can use\u00a0<b>not so \u2026 as \u2026<\/b>\u00a0or\u00a0<b>not as \u2026 as \u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tom is<b>\u00a0not as\/so tall as\u00a0<\/b>Harry.<\/li>\n<li>A car is\u00a0<b>not as\/so fast as\u00a0<\/b>a train.<\/li>\n<li>Alice is\u00a0<b>not as\/so beautiful as<\/b>\u00a0Susie.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>No other as \u2026 as \u2026<\/h3>\n<p>This structure can be used to compare one person or thing with the whole group that she\/he\/it belongs to.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>No other\u00a0<\/b>girl is\u00a0<b>as intelligent as\u00a0<\/b>Alice.<\/li>\n<li><b>No other\u00a0<\/b>metal is\u00a0<b>as useful as\u00a0<\/b>iron.<\/li>\n<li><b>No other\u00a0<\/b>river is\u00a0<b>as long as\u00a0<\/b>the Niles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>As much\/many \u2026 as \u2026\/as few\/little \u2026 as\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>This structure is used to make a comparison of quantity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I earn\u00a0<b>as much money as\u00a0<\/b>you.<\/li>\n<li>Alice has\u00a0<b>as many children as\u00a0<\/b>Mary.<\/li>\n<li>Tom earns\u00a0<b>as much as\u00a0<\/b>Harry.<\/li>\n<li>We have\u00a0<b>as many cars as<\/b>\u00a0them.<\/li>\n<li>They have\u00a0<b>as few visitors as\u00a0<\/b>we have.<\/li>\n<li>They have\u00a0<b>as little money as\u00a0<\/b>we have.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In an informal style, we use object pronouns (us, them, him etc.) after\u00a0<b>as.\u00a0<\/b>In a more formal style,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/what-are-personal-pronouns\/\">subject pronouns<\/a>\u00a0are used usually with verbs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I earn\u00a0<b>as much money as<\/b>\u00a0he does.<\/li>\n<li>We have\u00a0<b>as many children as\u00a0<\/b>they have.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Not as much\/many \u2026 as \u2026<\/h3>\n<p>This structure can be used to say that quantities are not equal in a particular way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He does not earn\u00a0<b>as much as\u00a0<\/b>I do.<\/li>\n<li>Harry does not eat\u00a0<b>as much food as<\/b>\u00a0Tom does.<\/li>\n<li>We do not have\u00a0<b>as many visitors as\u00a0<\/b>them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Positive\u00a0adjectives\u00a0and\u00a0adverbs\u00a0can be used for comparing. Several different\u00a0grammatical structures\u00a0are possible. As \u2026 as \u2026 This structure is used to say that people, things, actions or events are equal in a particular way. 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