Using Comparative Forms in a Sentence The comparative adjective in a sentence with an intransitive verb First part of Verb Adverb Comparative Adjective Than/ Second part Second part of comparison or adjectives phrase as of comparison (subject) adverb offering comparison (short form) phase further (long form) information The median is now 32 percent than the median that of a high wage of a higher wage of a school college high school graduate. graduate graduate. A college are three times than the lifetime those of a high graduate’s higher earnings of a school lifetime high school graduate. earnings graduate. The number is still lower than the number that of those of women of women without with a without a degrees. university university degree degree. Eating are twice as in middle- as (are) eating (they are) in disorders prevalent class families disorders in poor families. poor * families. The dropout is higher among male than the dropout (it is) among rate students rate among female female students. * students. The comparative form with an intransitive verb and an infinitive First part of Verb Comparative Infinitive Adjective/noun/phrase Than/as Second part of comparison adjectives comparison
Using Comparative Forms in a Sentence The comparative adjective in a sentence with an intransitive verb First part of comparison (subject) Verb Adverb or adverb phase Comparative adjectives Adjective phrase offering further information Than/ as Second part of comparison (long form) Second part of comparison (short form) The median wage of a college graduate is now 32 percent higher than the median wage of a high school graduate. that of a high school graduate. A college graduate’s lifetime earnings are three times higher than the lifetime earnings of a high school graduate. those of a high school graduate. The number of women with a university degree is still lower than the number of women without a university degree. that of those without degrees. Eating disorders are twice as prevalent in middle- class families as (are) eating disorders in poor families. (they are) in poor families. * The dropout rate is higher among male students than the dropout rate among female students. (it is) among female students. * The comparative form with an intransitive verb and an infinitive First part of comparison Verb Comparative adjectives Infinitive Adjective/noun/phrase Than/as Second part of comparison