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When comparing the quality of two things, we use the word than. For example:

If it comes to running a race, Tina is faster than Bella.
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Goa is more beautiful than Delhi.
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The comparative form of adjective is used to compare two people or things. For example:

Her cooking is better, but it is traditional.
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This bag is too small. We need something bigger.
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When describing the changes in something or someone, we repeat the comparative form of
adjective and link it with and. For example:
The monsoon clouds got darker and darker.
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Our principal seems to be getting stricter and stricter.
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When using two comparative adjectives that depend on each other, we use the before each
of them. For example:
The harder you work, the better you get.
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The deeper you travel into the desert, the more dangerous it gets.
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The superlative form of an adjective is always preceded by the. For example:

I think this is the happiest phase of my life.
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He is the tallest boy in the class.
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Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison
Formation of Comparative and Superlative Degrees of Adjectives

Most one syllable adjectives and a few with more than one form their comparative and
superlative forms by simply adding -er and -est respectively.

Positive Comparative Superlative

high higher highest

great greater greatest
swift swifter swiftest

sweet sweeter sweetest

bold bolder boldest

When a single syllable adjective ends in -e, only -r is added to make the comparative and
-st to make the superlative forms.

Positive Comparative Superlative
large larger largest

able abler ablest

fine finer finest
safe safer safest

wise wiser wisest

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