COMPARISONS

 COMPARISONS WITH "than"

 COMPARISONS WITH GERUNDS FOR THE BOOK

Comparison: clauses (bigger than we had imagined)

from English Grammar Today

The second part of a comparison (underlined) is often a clause:

The price was higher than we had expected.

That restaurant is not as good as it used to be.

It was the best nature documentary I’ve ever seen.

Than-clauses

We can use than to introduce a clause after a comparative adjective, adverb or noun phrase. The clause (underlined) is usually a reduced clause (a clause with ellipsis) or one with a substitute verb do:

The house was bigger than we had imagined. (… bigger than we had imagined it was)

The journey took longer than expected. (… longer than people expected it to take)

He finished the second part more quickly than he did the first part. (… more quickly than he finished the first part.)

He always spent more money than George did. (… more money than George spent.)

Warning:

We use than, not that or as, to introduce a clause after a comparative adjective or adverb:

We finished the job quicker than we had expected.

Not: … quicker that we had expected. or … quicker as we had expected.

See also:

• Ellipsis
• Substitution

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