文法概念/比較級/最高級
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The train is cheaper than the plane.√
The train is cheaper from the plane.X
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Your story is funnier than mine.√
Your story is more amusing than mine√
Your story is more funnier than mine.X
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Your house is as big as mine√
Your house is as bigger as mine.X
(as+positive degree+as)
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The children were very excited about the trip.
(positive meaning)
The children were too excited about the trip.
(negative meaning - excessively)
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Lisa is a very/pretty/rather careful driver.
(a/an+very/pretty/rather+positive degree of adj+noun)
Lisa is a quite a careful driver.
(quite+a/an+positive degree of adj+noun)
Lisa drives very/pretty/quite/rather carefully.
(very/pretty/quite/rather+positive degree of adv)
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Lisa is rather/much/a little/a bit/a lot/far more careful than Tim√
Lisa drives rather/much/a little/a bit/a lot/far more carefully than Tim√
Lisa is very/pretty/quite more careful than Tim.X
Lisa drives very/pretty/quite more carefully than Tim.X
(rather/much/a little/a bit/a lot/far+comparative degree of adj/adv)
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Mary is the tallest girl in her class√
(the+superlative,for several people/things)
Both Mary and sheila are tall,but Mary is the taller of the two.√
(the+comparative,for only two people/things)
Both mary and sheila are tall,but Mary is the tallest of the two.X
★That's my elder/eldest brother.√
(only for brothers.sisters.sons.daughters)
That's my older/oldest brother.√
My brother is a year older than me.√(older+than)
My brother is a year elder than me.X
(no than after elder)
★He spoke like a lawyer.√(=as if he were a lawyer;he isn't) as if:如同
He spoke as a lawyer.√(=he is a lawyer)
He spoke as he was advised to.(as+clause)
He spoke like he was advised to.X
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John gave me some important information.√
John gave me some important informations.X
(uncountable nouns have no plural forms.)
John gave me an important informations.X
John gave me an important piece of information.√
(no a/an immediately before uncountable nouns.)
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The news was really shocking.√
The news were really shocking.X
(uncountable nouns go with singular verbs)
Key Transformations
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Fiona is taller than Gina.
Gina is shorter than Fiona.
Gina is not as tall as Fiona.
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Andrew smokes more than John.
John smokes less than.
John does not smoke as much as Andrew.
John is not such a heavy smoker as Andrew.
John is not so/as heavy a smoker as Andrew.
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This is the fastest car I have ever driven.
I have never driven such a fast car.
I have never driven a faster car than this(one).
I have never driven a car as fast as this(one).
None of the cars I have driven is/are faster than this(one).
None of the cars I have driven is/are as fast as this(one).
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She is the worst singer I know.
She is/sings worse than any (other) singer I know.
No other singer I know is as bad as her/she is.
No other singer I know sings as badly as her/she does.
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The atmosphere is becoming more polluted by the day.
The atmosphere is becoming more and more polluted.
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His behaviour is becoming more sensible as he get older.
The older he gets,the more sensible his behaviour becomes.
The older he gets,the more sensibly he behaves.
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He hasn't got much furniture in his new flat.
He has got very little furniture in his new flat.
He has got very few pieces of furniture in his new flat.
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George is not usually late.
It is not typical of George to be late.
It is not like George to be late.
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Your bicycle looks exactly like mine.
Your bicycle is exactly the same as mine.
Your bicycle is identical to mine.
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