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Comparisons of Inequality

Craig Thomas B.A. Comparisons of Inequality. In English. If two things are not equal, they are unequal. We are not the same height. You are taller than I. The two items do not cost the same. The camera is more expensive than the television. In Spanish.

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Comparisons of Inequality

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  1. Craig Thomas B.A. Comparisons of Inequality

  2. In English • If two things are not equal, they are unequal. • We are not the same height.You are taller than I. • The two items do not cost the same.The camera is more expensive than the television.

  3. In Spanish • In Spanish, inequality is expressed by using one of the following formulae: • más (menos) + adjective + que • más (menos) + adverb + que • más (menos) + noun + que

  4. Ejemplos • Here are some examples: • Túeresmás alto queyo. • You are taller than I. • Mónicahablamás lentamente que Carmen. • Monica speaks more slowly than Carmen. • TengomenoslibrosqueArsenio. • I have fewer books than Arsenio.

  5. Comparative + Number • If the comparative is followed by a number, use de rather than que. • Hay menosdeveintealumnos en la clase.There are less than twenty students in the class. • Éltienemásdenoventaaños.He is more than ninety years old. (Literally: He has more than ninety years.)

  6. Negative • Note that when the sentence is negative, que is used even with numbers, to convey the meaning "only.“ • Tengomásdecincodólares.(I have more than five dollars.) • Notengomásquecincodólares.(I only have five dollars.) • Hay másdeveinteestudiantes en la clase.(There are more than twenty students in the class.) • No hay másqueveinteestudiantes en la clase.(There are only twenty students in the class.)

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