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Comparison of adjectives and adverbs.--Than in comparison.
Examples
Jean est aussi grand que moi. John is as tall as I.
Jean est plus grand que moi. John is taller than I.
Jean est moins grand que moi. John is less tall than I.
Jean n'est pas si (aussi) grand que moi. John is not so (as) tall as I.
Il est le plus grand de tous mes frères. He is the tallest of all my brothers.
Il est l'élève le plus diligent de la classe. He is the most diligent pupil in the class.
J'ai plus (moins) de crayons que vous. I have more (fewer) pencils than you.
Il y a plus (moins) de dix personnes ici. There are more (less) than ten people here.
Jean parle bien, Edmond parle mieux, mais Marie parle le mieux de tous. John talks well, Edmund talks better, but Mary talks the best of all.
A. 1. The hare was bigger than a horse. 2. The Garonne is less terrible than the Somme. 3. I have more than 300 sheep. 4. This bridge is not as long as the other. 5. He is[1] the most famous man in the city. 6. Paris is the largest city in[2] France. 7. There is the best servant[3] I have.[4] 8. I shall see the doctor later. 9. This chicken is not so big as the one that[5] we had yesterday.[6] 10. I want the bigger of the two. 11. Jean has the biggest dog of all. 12. He drank more than three glasses of wine. 13. He hasn't more than two dogs. 14. The hare is as big as the one that I killed yesterday. 15. The Garonne is broader than the Somme. 16. Gascons are the biggest liars in the world, they-say.[7] 17. He is the best pupil in the class. 18. The Gascon hadn't the least fear.
[Footnotes 1: c'est. 2: what preposition. 3: supply que. 4: subjunctive. Why?. 5: celui que. 5: hier. 6: dit-on.]
B. 1. He hadn't the least recollection of having[1] lied. 2. He wants to make me[2] eat willy nilly.[3] 3. I saw nothing[134] strange. 4. Have you made up your mind?[5] 5. However that may be,[6] I don't believe that he will come.[7] 6. You are pretty hungry, aren't you?[8] 7. So much the better![9] We will have something[4] good to[10] eat pretty soon.[11] 8. It is important that you eat[7] at the usual time. 9. He asks that we bring[7] the chicken as soon as possible. 10. I killed just now[11] the biggest hare that I have[7] ever seen. 11. The river is more terrible than it seems.[12] 12. The cardinal was more weak[13] than sick. 13. The thing[14] becomes[15] more and more[16] evident. 14. Chirac is the better doctor of the two. 15. He is older by[17] two years than the other. 16. He is a most terrible man![18] 17. What do you expect![19] Work[20] has worn him out so. 18. He was in[17] the best humor in[17] the world.
