Hello Readers,
We are going to discuss the Rules of degrees, and type of question comes which will be helpful for the upcoming
exams like TET, DSC and all other competitive exams.
Rule 1: If a single quality is compared between two persons more
or most are to be used
She is wiser than her brother. ✘
She is more wiser than her brother ✔
Rule 2: When two qualities of a single person or a single thing are compared
MORE is used with the first adjective even if it is a single syllable word.
He is wiser than shrewd. ✘
He is more wise than shrewd. ✔
Rule 3: Remember that now double comparatives or
superlatives are no longer used.
These shoes are more preferable than those.✘
These shoes are preferable to those. ✔
Rule 4: The adjectives which give absolute sense do not take
MORE or MOST with them. Similarly, we cannot say “more
parallel” or ” more square” or “more unique” etc…
This idea is more universal than that. ✘
This idea is universal and the other is not. ✔
Rule 5: The following adjectives are followed by to and not
by than.
junior, senior, inferior, prefer, preferable,
superior, elder.
This piece of cloth is superior than that. ✘
This piece of cloth is superior to that. ✔
My sister is elder than me.✘
My sister is elder to me. ✔
Rule 6: Similar things should be compared when comparing two things.
The speed of this car is greater than the old one. ✘
The speed of this car is greater than that of the old one. ✔
(We cannot compare the speed of the car with the car)
Rule 7: When the comparative degree is used in the superlative sense we
should : –
(i) use ‘any other’ if we are comparing the things or persons of the same
group.
(ii) use any if the comparison is with the things or persons outside the group.
He is better than any student of his class. ✘
He is better than any other student of his class. ✔Delhi is cleaner than any other city in Bangladesh.
Delhi is cleaner than any city in Bangladesh. ✔
Rule 8: When two adjectives in different degrees of
comparison are used in the same sentence both should be complete in itself.
He is as bad if not better than his brother. ✘
He is as bad as if not better than his brother. ✔
Rule 9: Comparative degree should be used while comparing
two and superlative degree when we compare more than two.
Among the three who is more hard-working. ✘
Among the three who is the most hard-working. ✔
Rule 10: When THAN or AS are followed by the first and
the second person pronouns verb can be omitted but not in the case of the
pronouns of the third person.
He is not a clever as his brother. ✘
He is not as clever as his brother is.
