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3 We can use double comparatives to say that something Is changing.

adjective + -er and adjective + -er
more and more + adjective/adverb

I'm getting fatter and fatter.
We're going more and more slowly.
(NOT ... moere-stowlyandimere siowty)
4 We can use comparatives with the ... the ... to say that two things
change or vary together.

the + comparative + subject + verb,
the + comparative + subject + verb

The older | get, the happier | am. (NOT Ofdertget ...)
The more dangerous it is, the more | like it.
(NOT Themoreitis dangerous: a)
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The more study, the less earn.
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After superlatives, we do not usually use ofto refer to a place.
I'm the happiest man in the world. (NOT ... efthe-werte-)

Don't leave out the with superlatives.
It's the best book I've ever read. (NOT +#s-bestbook ...)

We can use superlatives without nouns (see 11.2).
You're the nicest of all.
Which one do you think is the best?

86 comparison: much, far etc with comparatives

We cannot use very with comparatives. instead, we use much or far.
My boyfriend is much/far older than me.
(NOT .
Russian is much/far more difficult than Spanish.
We can also modify comparatives with very much, a /ot, lots, any, no,
rather, a little, a bit.
very much nicer
a lot happier
rather more quickly
alittle less expensive
a bit easier
!s your mother any better?
She looks no older than her daughter.