Repeated and double comparatives
Repeated and double
comparatives
INCREASING
Para indicar que algo está aumentando, podemos
aplicar dos estructuras: er y er / más y más.
a) …….er and …….er
Para formar esta estructura, debemos agregar "er" al adjetivo para
formar un adjetivo comparativo. Se usa con adjetivos y adverbios cortos; tales
como, más y más, más y más.
Examples:
She
is getting closer and closer of her mother.
By
the end of the twentieth century, couples were waiting longer
and longer to marry.
b) more
and more
We can use this structure with long
adjectives or adverbs ; for example, more and more difficult, more and more
slowly.
Examples:
It’s
becoming more and more difficult.
He
is going more and more slowly.
DECREASING
Para indicar que algo está
disminuyendo, podemos usar las siguientes estructuras: cada vez menos, menos y
menos.
a) Fewer and fewer
It is used with countable nouns.
Example:
Fewer and fewer children
are leaving school.
b) Less and less
It is used with uncountable nouns and adjectives.
Example:
He needs less and less money everyday.
WHAT ARE DOUBLE COMPARATIVES?
Double comparatives
Las comparaciones dobles
describen un proceso de causa y efecto. Además, se escriben como una oración
con una coma que separa la causa y el efecto. La estructura para
usarlos es la siguiente:
THE + COMPARATIVE FORM +SUBJECT+ VERB, THE+ COMPARATIVE +FORM+ SUBJECT +VERB
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