The longer Sue stays in Canada, the less likely she will ever go back to England.

It almost seems that the more expensive the wedding, the shorter the marriage!

2) Gradual increase

Gradual increase is indicated by two adjectives in the comparative joined by and:

e. g. My car is getting dirtier and dirtier.

She became more and more famous.

3) Comparison of actions

Comparison of actions is formed in a similar way to the comparison of nouns:

e. g. It is nicer to go to the cinema than (to) stay at home.

Speaking a foreign language is not as easy as speaking one’s own.

MODIFICATION OF COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

1) Premodification

a) The comparatives of adjectives can be premodified:

e. g. far more careful

all the sooner

rather better

a little more polite, etc.

b) The superlatives of adjectives can be premodified only by very, which must be preceded by a determiner:

e. g. the very last

my very best.

2) Postmodification

Both the comparatives and the superlatives of adjectives can be postmodified by intensifying phrases:

e. g. cleverer

He is by far.

cleverest

By far is the most common postmodifier.

COMPARISON WITH MORE AND MOST

Any one- or two-syllable adjective can optionally be compared with more and most in order to emphasize the idea expressed by the adjective itself:

e. g. Mr. Brown has recently become more rich (i. e. “that he was not rich before”).

AS OR THAN FOLLOWED BY A PRONOUN

1) When as or than is followed by a pronoun in the person, the verb is usually repeated:

e. g. We are not as poor as they are.

He speaks English better than his sister does.

2) However, when as or than is followed by a pronoun in the first or second person the verb is usually omitted:

e. g. I am not as tall as you.

He is smaller than I.

3) It is worth noting that in formal English, a first person pronoun is used in the nominative case, whereas in informal language, it is put into the objective case:

e. g. He has more friends than (I/me).

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