The Comparative Degree of Quantity

• Showing differences

Suppose you have three oranges.
Your brother has four oranges.
How do you compare the quantity of yours and his ?

Follow the patterns :

Fewer	Countable nouns	Than
More	Countable or Uncountable nouns	Than
Less	Uncountable nouns	Than

Oranges are countable nouns, so the two sentence above  will be:

1. I have fewer oranges than my brother does.
2. My brother has more oranges than I do.

More examples :

No	Sentences	Comparative degree of quantity
1	Mrs. Chandra has Rp75,000.00 in her wallet. Mrs. Indra has Rp100,000.00 in her wallet	·         Mrs. Candra has less money in her wallet than Mrs. Indra does. ·         Mrs. Indra has more money in her wallet than Mrs. Candra does.
2	I drank a glass of water. My brother drank two glasses of water.	·         I drank less water than my brother did. ·         My broter drank more water than I did.
3	Vita’s book has 120 pages. Gita’s book has 100 pages	·         Vita’s book has more pages than gita’s. ·         Gita’s book has fewer  pages than vita’s.

• Showing no differences /similarities 

Vita has two pens in her pencil-case.
Tiara has two pens in her pencil-case.
How would you compare the quantity of those two girl's pen ?

Following the patterns :

As many	Countable nouns	As
As much	Uncountable nouns	As

So, the following sentences above would be like this :

• Vita has as many pens as Tiara does.

More examples :

No	Sentence	Comparison
1	Mr.Candra works eight hours a day. Mrs. Candra works eight hours a day.	Mr Candra work as many hours as Mrs. Candra does
2	Mrs. Candra buys ten kilograms of sugar every month. Mrs. Indra buys ten kilograms of sugar everyday.	Mrs. Candra buys as much sugar as Mrs. Indra does.