Comparison

Comparison Signals

• Most Important - Like, unlike, as and then
• Others - more than, less than, different from, as adj as, the same as

Like vs As

• Like
• Like is a preposition, so it must be followed by nouns, pronouns, or noun phrase
• Never put a clause or a prepositional phrase after like
• like compares two nouns
• like can be followed by gerunds(-ing forms used as nouns): like swimming, skiing is great exercise
• As
• as can either be a preposition(appearing with a noun) or a conjunction(appearing with a clause)
• use as to compare two clauses, like cannot be used to compare clauses: As(not Like) her brother did, Amrita aced the test

Comparative and Superlative form

• Use comparative form when comparing 2 things and use superlative to compare more than two things
• Add more to adverbs ending in -ly to make it comparative
• Don't use comparative adjective unless you have a than in the sentence