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 =====Further information=====
 <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>One-syllable adjectives </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Most of these take 'er' and 'est' for superiority but there are a few, particularly some ending in 'l', that are better with 'more...than...' For example:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I'm <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more apt </span>to forget things when I'm tired.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Some dreams seem <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> real </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>than others.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>And there are a few others which can use both forms. For example:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>She's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">frailer</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more frail </span>than her sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>That's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">clearer</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more clear </span>now - thank you for explaining.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>It would be <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">fairer</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more fair </span>to divide it equally.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>For inferiority, most take 'not as...as...' but a few use both forms. For example:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>It is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't as </span>cold <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> it was.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>It's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less </span>cold <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> it was. <span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 15.45pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Riding a bike is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't as </span>safe at night.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Riding a bike is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less</span> safe at night.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>'All the more'</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This expression means 'even more than previously or otherwise'. We can use it with adjectives or adverbs or with neither. We can also use 'all the less' in a similar way as well as 'all the' + comparative adjective or adverb. For example</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'>: </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I really can't wait for my holiday and it's all the more exciting for being outside Europe - it will be my first time.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>We were already doing well and we worked all the faster when we heard there'd be a bonus for finishing before</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'> the deadline. <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>We've never had much faith in him and his arguments are all the less convincing when you consider his lack of experience</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'>. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I'm starting to recover now and I feel all the better for your visit - thanks for coming</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'>. <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'>'even more/less' or 'even + er' are generally more common in conversation.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Comparing two qualities</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>We don't use 'er' to compare two qualities of the same person or thing. For example:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><table style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="319" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 239.4pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Pierre is more sad than angry. </span></b><img height="22" id="39" style="width: 19px; height: 19px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>[His sadness is greater than his anger.]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>The film was more funny than tragic.<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I think it's more red than orange.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>She's more of an artist than a poet.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 239.4pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Pierre is sadder than angry. </span></b><img height="21" id="40" style="width: 22px; height: 20px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: gray; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Similes</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>We use 'as...as...' in similes - standard expressions which use a comparison of two things that are alike. It's an alternative to using 'very' or 'really'.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Her hair is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> white <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> snow.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I love cycling here - it's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> flat <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>a pancake</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>It's impossible to make him change his mind - he's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>stubborn<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> as </span>a mule.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>There are many of these in use in informal English and they are often used in a fun or joking manner.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>we cannot use 'so' in similes.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">&nbsp;<b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Superlative adjectives with 'the least' </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>With one-syllable adjectives, we usually prefer to use the opposite adjective of superiority:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This is the least dark colour. </span></b><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"><img height="21" id="40" style="width: 22px; height: 20px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the</span> light<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">est </span>colour.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img height="22" id="39" style="width: 19px; height: 19px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>With other adjectives, both are often possible:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 35.4pt; tab-stops: 212.65pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the least </span>expensive car. </span></b><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"><img height="22" id="39" style="width: 19px; height: 19px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>This is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the</span> cheap<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">est </span>car. </span></span></b><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;"><img height="22" id="39" style="width: 19px; height: 19px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>However, we need to be careful because these kinds of sentence don't always have the same meaning. For example:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.4pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>'February was <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the least </span>cold month of last winter' <u>isn't the same as</u> 'February was the hot<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">test</span> month of last winter.' [because none of the winter months were hot.]</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>'So'</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>For comparatives of inferiority using 'not...as...', we can substitute 'so' for the first 'as':</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>He is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't as</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">so</span> tall <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> his brothers.<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>'not as...as...' is more common. 'not so...as...' is more likely to be used with ellipses than in full sentences: <span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>It is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't&nbsp;</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">so</span> cold today. [<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> yesterday]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>People aren't <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">so</span> poor nowadays. [<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> they used to be]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>we cannot use 'so' in comparatives of equality:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>It's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> cold today <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> yesterday. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>It's so cold today as yesterday. </span></b><span style='color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;'><img height="21" id="40" style="width: 22px; height: 20px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>or in the following similar kinds of expression:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I drove <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> fast <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> I could. </span></b><span style='color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;'><img height="22" id="39" style="width: 19px; height: 19px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I drove so fast as I could. </span></b><span style='color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;'><img height="21" id="40" style="width: 22px; height: 20px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt; tab-stops: 212.65pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I'll call him <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>soon <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> possible. </span></b><span style='color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;'><img height="22" id="39" style="width: 19px; height: 19px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I'll call him so soon as possible. </span></b><span style='color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;'><img height="21" id="40" style="width: 22px; height: 20px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>However, 'so' is possible in some expressions which <u>are not</u> comparatives. For example:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>'as/so far as' = to the degree or extent that</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>'as/so long as' = on condition that or since</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>As/so far as I'm aware, there's no meeting this week.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>As/so long as I get paid extra, I'll work on Saturday.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>As/so long as you're dealing with this, I'll go to lunch now.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"></span>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"></span>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>'Most' as an intensifier</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>The word 'most' can be used in a way that is <u>not</u> a superlative. It has the same meaning as words like 'very', 'really' and 'extremely'. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>this structure is rarely used and sounds old-fashioned so <u>do not use it</u>. The following examples are for information only&nbsp;:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><table class="MsoTableLightListAccent1" style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="310" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Intensifier</span></b></p></td><td width="310" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Superlative</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td width="310" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I read a most interesting article in this magazine.* [I read a very interesting article - there is no suggestion of a comparison with other articles.]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This soup is most delicious.*</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></p></td><td width="310" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 232.2pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the most </span>interesting article in the magazine. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the most </span>delicious soup I've ever had. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> </span>It is much more natural in conversation to say</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'>: </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I read a really interesting article.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>This soup is absolutely delicious.<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Other comparative and superlative structures</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Here are some examples of different ways to express comparatives and superlatives:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>It was <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> successful a venture <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> he could have hoped.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Their request deserved <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>quick a response <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>we were able to give.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>It's is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't as </span>much fun working here <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> it used to be.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I have a much fast<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> journey to work now. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>A male-dominated company is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less</span> likely to offer flexible working hours.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>The <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">most</span> likely outcome is that sales will start slowly and take off later in the year.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>It is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't as </span>high quality <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> the previous model.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>What's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">most</span> important to me is job satisfaction.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>What I like <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">best</span> about him is his ability to explain things clearly.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>He lived <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the</span> long<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">est</span> of all his family.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I like <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">most</span> kinds of cheese but my favourite is Camembert.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b><br></p></html>
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