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chap. 13 Adjectives + Adverbs + Comparatives # adjectives *prefix 'a-' : afraid, alike, alive, alone, aware, asleep, ashamed *present + n. - n.+ present / late - the late - lately a certain - certain / concerned about - concerning (about) + n. *considerable, continual, industrious, successive, imaginary, respective(ly)** *a great many(amount of) ~ / a good deal of ~ / *quite a(not a, a, only a)few + n.+ s quite a(not a, a, only a)little + n. cf. a lot of (lots of), plenty of, enough *a large audience~ / salary is high ~ *a fast-moving car / a tree-lined street # adverbs *Even ( Only , The very ) + n. *S + V + S.C (up, down, in, out, on, off, through..) *Come back home.(n.-> ad.) *Come back home.(n.-> ad.) *already / yet / still *ever / once *very + a. (~ing) / much + a.+ ~er (~ed) *be V.,modal, have/had + ad. + ~ing, p.p / R.V *a. + enough~ / still ~ not / not ~ yet # comparatives *as + a. ad. + as + (S + V)~ <-> not so (as) + ~ + as ~ *a.+ ~er (more + a.) ~ than +(S + V) *much, still, even, far, a lot + ~er cf. by far + the + ~est *senior, junior, superior, inferior, prefer + to (Latin~) *a most ~ / way + a. / ~ for the most part ~ *He is the last person to tell a lie. cf. the last + S + V / recently ~ / the latest + n. / ~ lately. *no more than = only / no less than = as much as not more than = at most / not less than = at least cf. A whale is no more a fish than a horse. *as + a.+ a + n.+ as ever + past ~ e.g. Mimi is as lovely a girl as ever loved me. *not so much A as B ~ *half(twice~) as ~ as (more ~ than) *as long as / as far as / as good as *may(might) as well + A + as + B *the more S + V ~ the more S + V ~ *the more ~ + of the two ~ *He is richer than any other man in this town. *No + ~ as ~ as + A / No + ~ more ~ than + A *know better (than to R.V) *no = not any