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Using Definite Articles before Comparative Adjectives

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Using Definite Articles before Comparative1 Adjectives3

After the winter holidays, some of us may feel the need to exercise and get healthy. We may have been eating richer foods than usual at meals shared with friends and families. During the winter months, gyms and sellers4 of exercise equipment often have an increase in business.

One of our readers asked about expressions like, "the more you eat, the bigger your stomach gets." This expression is a good example of a time when we use the definite article, "the," with comparative adjectives. In this case, the comparative adjectives are "bigger" and "more." Today's lesson will center on this kind of structure.

Let us review first how we usually use comparatives5. They are adjectives -- words that give more information about, or describe, a noun6. Here is an example:

Marco's New Year's party this year was bigger than last year.

In this sentence, "bigger" is an adjective2 describing the noun "party."

Relationships

The main thing to understand about using comparatives is that you are talking about the relationship of one thing to other things. When we have two expressions using "the" + "comparative" we are showing a relationship where one thing changes in relation to the other.

Let us look at another example. Our friend Marco says he spent too much money on his huge party. He says that is because:

The bigger the party, the more food and drinks you must buy.

As you may remember, basic English sentences have a subject followed by a verb and sometimes an object. The subject and object are nouns7. Generally, a verb comes before the object. For example:

You must buy more food and drinks.

Something interesting happens to the usual word order in these sentences, however.

In our example, we heard the verb phrase after the object:

...the more food and drinks you must buy.

And we can sometimes leave out the verb with one of the subject nouns. Our earlier sentence could also be said this way:

The bigger the party is, the more food and drinks you must buy.

Homework

Now you can try making your own sentences with comparatives. Here are parts that you can combine to make the sentence type we have talked about. Remember you can choose to include one of the verbs if you like.

1. You get closer to the book.

and

The text becomes clearer.

Write down your sentence. And here are two more parts:

2. The sun rises higher.

and

You feel warmer.

Got it? Now, listen to the sentences and check yours:

Sentence 1: The closer you get to the book, the clearer the text.

and

Sentence 2: The higher the sun, the warmer you feel.

I'm sure you did a good job! And that's Everyday Grammar!

I'm Jill Robbins. And I'm Dan Novak.

Jill Robbins wrote this lesson for Learning8 English.


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1 comparative gXwyd     
adj.比较的;相比较而言的;相对的
参考例句:
  • After many hardships,he now lives in comparative ease.经过许多困难之后,他现在的生活相对舒适。
  • Let's make a comparative study of the two languages.让我们将这两种语言作一下比较研究。
2 adjective UJpyR     
n.形容词;adj.形容词的,用作形容词的
参考例句:
  • Don't apply that adjective to me.不要用那个字眼来形容我。
  • The adjective loose has several senses. 形容词loose有几个义项。
3 adjectives 3e63e25a20ab7d8ada2ada3ea2ad0366     
n.形容词( adjective的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • We can form nouns from adjectives. 我们可以用形容词来构成名词。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Attributive adjectives precede the noun. 定语形容词位于名词前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 sellers d396cebb1f0e0c0f7cee9aead79c553e     
n.卖者( seller的名词复数 );卖方;销售者;销售商
参考例句:
  • buyers and sellers transacting business 进行交易的买方和卖方
  • All manner of hawkers and street sellers were plying their trade. 形形色色的沿街小贩都在做着自己的买卖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 comparatives 21790d076241bd4aef2588641da1119f     
n.(形容词或副词的)比较级形式( comparative的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • In this unit, are many adjectives. Please write their comparatives. 在这一单元中,有许多形容词,请依据前面所讲,写出他们的比较级。 来自互联网
  • Comparatives, superlatives, hedges, numerals, quantifiers and pronouns are also used in advertisements. 比较级、最高级、模糊限制语、数词、量词和代词也出现在广告中。 来自互联网
6 noun JHux3     
n.名词
参考例句:
  • What kind of noun is this?这是哪类名词?
  • This word is a collective noun.这个词是个集体名词。
7 nouns 8412c0b251e0c60f78bfaf0a44ac3206     
n.名词;名词( noun的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • French differs from English in having gender for all nouns. 法语不同于英语,所有的名词都有性。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Nouns join to form compounds. 名词和名词结合构成复合词。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 learning wpSzFe     
n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
参考例句:
  • When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
  • Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
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