In Grammar 3-1, we reviewed some basic comparative and superlative structures. Let’s look at two more advanced ways to use comparative structures.
Repeated Comparative Adjectives and Adverbs
We can repeat comparative forms using and to describe how something is continuously changing over time. We can do this with both comparative adjectives and comparative adverbs.
- This course keeps getting harder and harder! I don’t know how I’m going to pass.
- It seems like holidays are becoming more and more commercialized every year.
- I wasn’t very good when I joined the softball team, but I’m playing better and better every week.
- The company is releasing new smartphones less and less quickly each year.
Notice that when an adjective or adverb uses more or less in its comparative form, the and comes between the two mores or lesses.
Parallel Comparatives
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