Even + comparatives
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Even frequently occurs with comparative adjectives and adverbs:
We finish at three but some people have to leave even earlier than that.
By saying even earlier, the speaker is implying that three o’clock is already very
early. Compare:
We finish at three but some people have to leave earlier than that.
Here there is no necessary implication that three o’clock is ‘early’, and the speaker
could have said ‘some people have to leave before that’.
Other examples with comparatives:
You know you’ve gone a long way this year. You’ll go even further next year.
The alternatives were scratched because they were even more time-consuming.
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