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COMPARATIVES

466

Than

466a

Than

is used to introduce the second element in a comparative structure:

London is 

less crowded than Paris.

Don’t you think the painting looks 

better in the kitchen than it does in the

front room?

In the winter, I think hot drinks are 

better for you than cold drinks.

It was 

warmer yesterday than today.

He is much 

more intelligent than he looks.

She goes there 

more often than I used to.

These days Jim buys 

more things for Anna than Bill buys for his daughter.

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That

is not used to introduce the second element of a comparison:

She seems thinner 

than she was the last time I saw her.

(She seems thinner that she was the last time I saw her.)