To modify the meaning of comparative adjectives or adverbs we can use words like "far", "much" or "a little".: The Japanese are far more safety-conscious than most other nationalities., Informal = a bit; a lot; way (more or less) / Formal = significantly; considerably; vastly: Congratulations, your score was significantly higher in the second test., Can you play the first again, a bit more slowly?, To avoid repetition after "than", we can use "that/those of + noun".: The population of the US is considerably larger than that of Canada., To emphasize a superlative adjective or adverb, we can use "by far", "far and away" or "easily".: Football is by far the most popular sport in my country., "The more/less + verb" or "The + comparative adj.... the + comparative adj.": The less time we have, the more likely we are to make mistakes., The quicker we walk, the sooner we'll get there., In neg. sentences, before "as + adj + as", we can use "nowhere near", or "nothing like" instead of "not" for emphasis.: It was nothing like as interesting as I'd expected., The remake was nowhere near as good as the orginal film., To make numerical comparisons, we can use "half / twice / three times + as... as + noun phrase": A cup of coffee here costs twice as much as it does in Italy., A house in London costs three of four times the price of one in the north., Other ways of comparing and contrasting: Whereas in England people drive on the left, in the US they drive on the right., The cost of clothing has gone up. Similarly, food prices have fallen considerably., Are you feeling any better today?,
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