Working with Words

The following are additional models of sentences that use specific expressions to compare or contrast:

• ….as many …..than

Twice as many workers lost their jobs in 2007 than in 2006.

Ten times as many people drive cars today than fifty years ago.

In fifty years, ten times as many people will drive cars than those driving cars today.

• not…as many as…/not…as much as…

The school was not able to recruit as many students as last year.

The agency was not able to raise as much money as last year.

• less + adjective + than

Since North Korea’s infrastructure is less developed than South Korea’s, fewer people are able to access the Internet.

The novel I read last week was less interesting than the one I am reading now.

• greater + noun +than

There is a greater demand for new apartments in Daejeon than there is in Chung ju.

There is a greater need for international aid in Africa than there is in South East Asia.

• less + adverb + than

People in Los Angeles drive less carefully than people in San Francisco.

• more + adverb + than

People who exercise regularly sleep more soundly than those who choose a coach potato life style.

• amount + more/many + than (as)

Fifty percent more children are without enough food today than there were in the

past. (Note: Use “more” when referring to percentage increases or decreases.)

Twice as many people live on the planet today than in 1970.

Due to over fishing there are half as many tuna in the oceans today as there

were 100 years ago. (Note: Use “as” for fractions.)

• can + verb + better than

Students that read regularly can write better than students that rarely read.