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Change The Degrees of Comparison Without Changing The Meaning
Change The Degrees of Comparison Without Changing The Meaning
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1. Wolfram is one of the rarest minerals. / Few other minerals are as rare as
Wolfram. / Wolfram is rarer than most other minerals.
2. Lead is the heaviest of all metals. / Lead is heavier than any other metal. /
No other metal is as heavy as lead.
3. Samudra Gupta was one of the greatest of all Indian Kings. / Samudra
Gupta was greater than most other Indian Kings. / Few other Indian Kings
were as great as Samudra Gupta.
4. Janaki is the prettiest girl in my class. / Janaki is prettier than any other girl
in my class. / No other girl in my class is as pretty as Janaki.
5. Dogs are more faithful than all other animals. / Dogs are the most faithful of
all animals. / No other animals are as faithful as dogs.
6. Salomi is the richest woman in this town. / Salomi is richer than any other
woman in this town. / No other woman in this town is as rich as Salomi.
7. Greenland is the largest island. / Greenland is larger than any other island. /
No other island is as large as Greenland.
8. James is one of the most industrious boys in the class. / Few other boys in
the class are as industrious as James. / James is more industrious than most
other boys in the class.
The sentence given above does not state that Kamban is the greatest Tamil
poet. It merely states that he is one of the greatest. That means some Tamil
poets are just as good as him, while most others are not so good. In this case,
we cannot use the phrase any other. Instead we use the expression most
other.
Kamban is greater than most other Tamil poets. (Note the use of the
plural noun after most other.)
Now let’s express the same idea using the positive degree.
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1. Swimming is better than any other kind of exercise. / No other kind of
exercise is as good as swimming.
2. Lead is the heaviest of all metals. / No other metal is as heavy as lead.
3. Shakespeare is the greatest of all English playwrights. / No other English
playwright is as great as Shakespeare.
4. China is larger than most other countries in the world. / Very few countries
in the world are as large as China.
2. The deer can run fast. The cheetah can run faster.
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1. Silver is not as precious as gold. / Gold is more precious than silver.
2. The deer cannot run as fast as the cheetah. The cheetah can run faster
than the deer.
3. Ramya cannot sing as well as Kavya. / Kavya can sing better than Ramya.