專門替中國人寫的英語語法13-3：比較形的用法

　　13-3 比較形的用法

　　大多數(shù)比較級句子里會有than，以下是一些例子：

　　I am older than he.

　　His English is better than mine.

　　San Francisco is more beautiful than New York.

　　His car is cheaper than your car.

　　He is the most diligent student in his class.

　　I like apples more than oranges.

　　He has more money than his brother.

　　He is stronger than his brother.

　　必須注意的是以下的句子是錯的：

　　*I am older than him.

　　*She is smarter than me.

　　為什么錯了呢?因?yàn)樵瓉砭渥討?yīng)該是：

　　I am older than he (is).

　　She is more smart than I (am).

　　習(xí)慣上的is和am都省略掉的，由以上的解釋可以看出，than后面的句詞應(yīng)該是主詞，而非受詞。

　　以下的錯誤，也請?zhí)貏e注意：

　　*My head is larger than your.

　　正確的句子是：

　　My head is larger than your head.

　　或者M(jìn)y head is larger than yours.

　　請看以下幾個錯誤的句子：

　　*My house is larger than your.

　　*The temperature of this city is higher than San Francisco.

　　*The height of Himalayas is greater than Mt. Fuji.

　　*My bicycle is older than his.

　　正確的句子應(yīng)該是：

　　My house is larger than your house.

　　或者M(jìn)y house is larger than yours.

　　The temperature of this city is higher than the temperature of San Francisco.

　　或者The Temperature of this city is higher than that of San Francisco.

　　The height of Himalayas is greater than the height of Mt. Fuji.

　　或者The height of Himalayas is greater than that of Mt. Fuji.

　　請注意以下的例子，句子中沒有than，但仍有比較級：

　　Among all the teachers who have taught me, he is the best.

　　This is the best movie I have ever seen.

　　This food is the worst one which I have ever eaten.

　　John is the stronger one.

　　Do we have a better choice?

　　Mary is the more diligent one.

　　He is the older of the two.

　　He is one of the best movie actors.

　　This area is one of the hottest areas in the world.

　　He is one of the fastest swimmers of America.

　　This is a book which I like most.