This document discusses how to make comparisons using adjectives, nouns, and adverbs with "as...as" structures. It provides examples of comparing levels of comfort, amounts of time/colors/attention spent or worn, and degrees of liking or niceness. Common errors like forgetting the first "as" are also noted. Comparisons of similarity use "as + adjective + as" while differences use "not as + adjective + as". The "-er" form of adjectives can also be used to compare two things.

1. MAKING
COMPARATIONS
WITH ADJECTIVES
Diana Nelly Borja Maldonado

2. You can make comparisons with (not) as . . . as
with adjectives, nouns, and adverbs.

3. Adjectives
◦ The pants are just as comfortable as my jeans. (They’re the same.)
◦ The pants are not as comfortable as my jeans. (They’re less comfortable.)
◦ I don’t look as scruffy as I did. (I was scruffier before.)

4. Nouns
◦ She spends as little time as posible on her makeup.
◦ She doesn’t wear as many bright colors as she should.
◦ He doesn’t pay as much attention to his appearance as he should.

5. Adverbs
◦ I tried as hard as I could to find the right style for her.
◦ I don’t like short hair as much as long hair.
Common errors
Don’t forget the first as.
Jeans aren’t as nice as pants.
(NOT Jeans aren’t nice as pants.)

6. Things that are similar in some way
as + adjective + as
◦Example:
◦This dog is as cute as that one.

7. Things that are different in some ways
not as + adjective + as
◦ Example:
◦ Peter is not as tall as
Cristopher.

8. To compare two things using
-er form of adjective + than
◦ Example:
◦ Alan’s car is better than George’s.