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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

"comparatively less" or "comparatively lesser"

In Russia, their number is comparatively less/lesser to that of India.

What is the correct way of asking?

Thanx a lot.
  

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Hi Anon The words "less" and "lesser" don't work with the word "comparatively" because "less" and "lesser" are already comparative forms. I might suggest one of these: - In Russia, the number is relatively small when compared to that of India. - The number in Russia is less than that in India.

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  • Hi Anon The words "less" and "lesser" don't work with the word "comparatively" because "less" and "lesser" are already comparative forms.
  • I might suggest one of these: - In Russia, the number is relatively small when compared to that of India.
  • - The number in Russia is less than that in India.
  • - In Russia, the number is comparatively small.
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Hi Anon

The words "less" and "lesser" don't work with the word "comparatively" because "less" and "lesser" are already comparative forms.

I might suggest one of these:

- In Russia, the number is relatively small when compared to that of India.
- The number in Russia is less than that in India.

- In Russia, the number is comparatively small.
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What is the correct way of writing?
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Hi Anon

I'm not sure what you're asking. I've already given you some alternative sentences.

If you want to know more about the word "comparatively", you can use word combinations such as these, for example:

- comparatively few
- comparatively little
- comparatively small
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