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This is completely normal and happens often because grammar rules are like landmarks on maps ; temporarily help you know where you are, but once you stop looking at the map, you forget and you lose.
Learning a second language is much more difficult to look at a map, it comes to expressions, phrases, verbs and vocabulary are yours. "
"be yours" means "as you put the language in the brain" to speak not hesitate for a second about what you have to say.
I put a challenge.
Could you say the following sentences without hesitation?
- That's what bothers me
- less Much less people here than there.
- Email fewer words the more I like
- sometimes less expensive gifts are the best
- The messenger comes when you least expect it
- I have fewer problems She makes less money
- I
To pave the way will give you the translations and then study the reference points (rules).
- That Is What bothers me the least
- There Are Fewer Than There people here
- The email with the fewest words is the one That I like The Most
- Sometimes the least expensive presents Are the best The courier
- least you always eat when to expect him to
- I Would like to Have Problems less
- She Earns less money Than I do
Have you noticed a detail?
In English we have a single word: minus and English have four: the least, fewer, the fewest and less. That means we have to learn at least four rules for how to use comparative and superlative of inferiority.
You see now why it is better to learn the phrases, even if many, that the rules of grammar?
If you repeat a lot of these phrases, can not go wrong. However, even if you know the rules if you do not know how to use them to talk, not help you.
However, we analyze benchmarks to give you coverage. Yes, probably, grammar has been learning all your life and you need like the lame crutches. Let's go
, sentence by sentence, looking at why he uses a word and not another.
1) That's what bothers me less . That Is What bothers me the least .
"last thing" is the opposite of what most ". In English: " the least "is the Opposite of " the most. "
If "the least " we put in front of a verb, say "it is an adverb" as in the example above (the verb is "disturb / bother). But if" the least " appears before a noun is" an adjective. "
When we compare a person or thing, with a group of people or things, we talk about "superlatives."
For example: She is the vaguest of all. She the laziest of all. Here you can read more on superlatives.
Ella compared with a group of people What group? All other. In this case, we say that "the laziest" is a superlative adjective "superiority" because "She" is "superior" on laziness than others.
But what if we said: "She is the least vague in its class?
would also be a superlative adjective, but "inferior", as "she" is inferior to others in laziness.
is where comes into play "the least" , which is the superlative adjective "little" to describe lesser extent .
now analyzes sequence of adjectives:
Little: (positive quality in the most simple level) Little less.
She is a little lazy. She is a bit vague.
Less: (comparative) less. She is
less lazy Than her sister. She is less vague than his sister.
Note: is comparative because only compare it with another person, his sister. The least
: (superlative) the least. She is the least lazy of all.
vague She is the least of all.
Note: is superlative because I compare her all (a group of people).
Another example with "the least": Julia
Earns The Most In Our company and Peter Earns the least. Julia is the most wins in our company and Peter is the least wins.
2) Much fewer people here than there. There Are Fewer Than There people here.
This is a comparative study. We are comparing people from here to there. What is striking is "Fewer" Why not "less"? Because
"less" is the comparative of "litte" (we saw in point 1) above) and "Fewer" is the comparative "few" .
Little - less: are used especially in front of uncountable nouns (money, milk, water ...) Note: However, "less" is also used before plural nouns, especially in informal style. Some people consider it wrong. For example: I've got less Things Than I Used to have. I have less stuff than before. Few, Fewer
: are used before plural nouns (things, problems)
In the example "people" is a plural noun. So we say "Fewer people." Although some will say "less people" in informal style.
Another example: "There Are
Fewer Than trees is my garden in yours. There are less trees in my garden in yours.
3) Email to less words (of all) is the one I like. The email with the fewest words is the one That I like the most. The
fewest
is the superlative degree of "few." We said it was "less" when talking about plural nouns.
Note: We may also use "The least" in this case (before plural nouns), especially in an informal style.
would say: The email with the least words ....
Another example:
This is the text with the fewest mistakes. This is the text with fewer errors (of all).
4) Sometimes less expensive gifts are the best. Sometimes the least expensive presents Are the best.
This example already explained in point 1) above. It is "the least" in front of an adjective "expensive".
5) I would like have less problems. I Would like to Have less problems.
"Less" is the comparative "litte" . We said in point 2) above that the most correct plural nouns is "Fewer."
would therefore be: I Would like to Have Fewer problems. But in an informal style, which they say is plural nouns "less" .
6) She earns less money than me. She Earns less money Than I do.
"Less" is the comparative "little" , But unlike the previous case, I can not be used interchangeably
| To Remember: adjectives inferiority
Examples: "I Have little money. I have little money.
less Than we do. They work less us. Grade
-Few animals Can Do That. Few animals can do that.
- There Are Things Fewer Than on my table on yours. There are less things on my table to yours.
Example: - People with the fewest Problems Are not always the happiest. People with less problems (all) are not always the happiest. Note: can also say: "People with the least Problems ..."
- She is The One Who does the least work at her office. She is what makes less work (all) in his office. ****************** |
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