The rules
- Compare like with like, using that of or those of when needed: the population of Nepal is smaller than that of India, not than India.
- Use like before a noun and as before a clause: like a cat; as the Babylonians did.
- After than or as, an auxiliary verb can finish the comparison and must match the main verb, and as … as needs both halves: more land than it did; as famous as, if not more famous than.
- Use fewer and many with things you count, less and much with things you measure: fewer lanes, less electricity.
- Use the comparative for two and the superlative for three or more: the more precise of two methods; the least steep of three trails.
- When comparing a thing with the rest of its own group, say any other: higher than any other mountain on Earth.
- Say different from and similar to, and don’t add compared with to a comparative: solar power is cheaper than coal power, not cheaper compared to coal power.
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