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Unequal Comparisons


DeterminadoAprender February 25, 2009 04:57 PM
Unequal Comparisons
 
No tenemos más que tres bailarines.

Why isn't it de? I thought the preposition de is always used before a number.


La población de Honduras es mayor que la de El Salvador.

Why isn't the correct answer más grande que?


Esta lancha estála peor que de Anibal.

Does "que" always follow the irregular comparatives? Because... the following sentence does not include que after the irregular comparative...

Estas señales son peores en el aeropuerto que en el puerto.

AngelicaDeAlquezar February 25, 2009 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by DeterminadoAprender (Post 27308)
No tenemos más que tres bailarines.

Why isn't it de? I thought the preposition de is always used before a number.
If you say "no tenemos más que tres bailarines" you mean "we only have 3 dancers".
If you say "no tenemos más de tres bailarines" you mean "we have less than three dancers" (three at most).


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Originally Posted by DeterminadoAprender (Post 27308)
La población de Honduras es mayor que la de El Salvador.

Why isn't the correct answer más grande que?
Just the same as you don't say "the more big", but bigger.
"Más grande" => "mayor"
"más bien", "más bueno" => "mejor"
"menos grande" => "menor"
"más mal", "más malo" => "peor"


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Originally Posted by DeterminadoAprender (Post 27308)
Esta lancha estála está peor que la de Aníbal.

Does "que" always follow the irregular comparatives?
These comparatives always use the form: "mayor que", "menor que", "mejor que", "peor que"


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Originally Posted by DeterminadoAprender (Post 27308)
Because... the following sentence does not include que after the irregular comparative...
Estas señales son peores en el aeropuerto que en el puerto.
Your missing "que" is right after "aeropuerto". Here "peor que" has been separated to say where the signals are worse in between.

CrOtALiTo February 25, 2009 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by DeterminadoAprender (Post 27308)
No tenemos más que tres bailarines.

Why isn't it de? I thought the preposition de is always used before a number.

Because the word Que is used when you are saying something but of a way sure. You are saying that you have only three dancers.

And the word De is used when you are saying the quantity that you have to dancers. It's the different between both words. ;)


La población de Honduras es mayor que la de El Salvador.

Why isn't the correct answer más grande que?

This answer to your own answer is correct.


Esta lancha está la [/S]peor que la de Anibal.

This example you must use the word La alt most in the last part of the sentence in.


Does "que" always follow the irregular comparatives? Because... the following sentence does not include que after the irregular comparative...

Estas señales son peores en el aeropuerto que en el las puerto.

This sentence you must the word Las. Because you are affirm something.


I hope this clear your doubts about.


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