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by rumy » Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:28 pm
i am totally confused fir when to use greater than/less than/lower than/higher than/more than/less than - in terms of countble and uncountable
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by gmatusa2010 » Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:46 pm
look to the right on the margin of this page. you see all those flashcards for free? all of them cover the topic.
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by nipunkathuria » Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:49 pm
rumy wrote:i am totally confused fir when to use greater than/less than/lower than/higher than/more than/less than - in terms of countble and uncountable


Hi...
Less than and fewer that , both are opposite of more than.
Less than---used for mass/uncountable nouns
fewer than--used for countable nouns
more than vs greater than--use greater than when u need to compare the value of two things(like price,rate etc) use more for other cases
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by rumy » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:00 am
how about higher than/greater than
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by gmatusa2010 » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:06 am
good list but i would still look at the free slides for completeness. for example more is to compare two things while most is to compare more than 2.

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rumy wrote:i am totally confused fir when to use greater than/less than/lower than/higher than/more than/less than - in terms of countble and uncountable


Hi...
Less than and fewer that , both are opposite of more than.
Less than---used for mass/uncountable nouns
fewer than--used for countable nouns
more than vs greater than--use greater than when u need to compare the value of two things(like price,rate etc) use more for other cases
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by kvcpk » Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:51 am
gmatusa2010 wrote:good list but i would still look at the free slides for completeness. for example more is to compare two things while most is to compare more than 2.
I doubt if this can be right.

Tina is more beautiful than sheela - IMO correct [Comparing 2 entities]

Tina is more beautiful than sheela and geeta - IMO correct [comparing more than 2 entities]

Tina is the most beautiful than sheels and geeta - IMO Incorrect.

Tina is the most beautiful girl among the three. - IMO correct.

Tina is the most beautiful among Tina and Geeta. - IMO correct.

I spent most of my time in analyzing the documents - IMO correct. [no comparison exists here]

more is a comparative form. Can be used to compare things.
most is superlative form. IMO, most is used to stress on higher degree/extent of comparison..

I request others to correct me if I am wrong.

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