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Comparatives
Parallel Comparison and Comparison of Nouns
Comparing like with like.
Explanation
A comparison must hold every other factor constant, so the two items need the same grammatical shape. When comparing nouns rather than adjectives, use more, fewer or less and repeat the noun only when it aids clarity.
Examples
- Attendance this year is higher than last year.
- There are fewer applicants than places.
- The second design uses less steel than the first.
Common mistakes
Attendance this year is higher than last year was high.
Attendance this year is higher than last year.
Keep the shapes parallel.
There are less applicants than places.
There are fewer applicants than places.
Countable nouns take fewer.
The design uses less steel than the first does steel.
The second design uses less steel than the first.
Do not repeat unnecessarily.