Hands up if you say, more better. Tut-tut. To be fair, it’s a very common mistake. Make it no more with this mini course on the subject of Comparatives.
Let’s start with when to use a comparative. A group of two nouns will tell you that. There are two forms of comparatives; More and -er with adjectives will explain which one to use and when. The page Compare the same part of two things will explain how to make comparisons correctly.
Next we will look at the most common English comparative mistake Only use one comparative with one noun. After reading that page you’ll have no excuses.
The pages Comparing two people or things, Comparative before than and Use a singular noun after any other cover a few small, but important, details about the use of comparatives.
No comparison made will tell you what to do if you are trying to use a comparative when you aren’t actually making a comparison.
A common mistake in supermarkets is covered in When to use less and when to use fewer. If you want to get creative then you should learn how to use Double Comparatives. And finally the page Comparing more than two people or things will tell you what to do if you want to compare, rather unsurprisingly, more than two people or things.
Take a look at these commonly confused words connected with comparatives to see if any of them confuse you:
