More fair/fairer, slower/more slow

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He is much fairer than her.He is more fair than her.He is very slower than him.He is more slow than him.Please correct my sentences.

Banu82in · Accepted Answer

Hi, please note the corrections.

1. He is much fairer than she is.

2. He is fairer than she is.

3. He is much slower than he is.

4. He is slower than he is.

When using pronouns in comparisons, you use the nominative pronouns (I, we, you, he, she, it, they) and not the possesive (my, mine, our, ours, your, yours, her, hers, his, their, theirs) or accusative pronouns (me, us, him, her, it, them).

You use possessives like this: My doll is prettier than yours. My sister is more intelligent than his.

When using the adverb very, the adjective that follows should be in positive degree. For example, He is very slow in writing. In sentence 3, the adjective slower conveys that the first he is slower than the second. So, there is no need to use very.

Sentence 4: the comparative degree of slow is slower and not more slow.

I hope this helps. Regards, Banu.

User_gary · Answer

Thank you friend.

But I know often people say "He is taller than him" or "I'm taller than you". They don't say "He is taller than he is" or "I'm taller than you are".

Google too hits lots of results for "He is taller than him".

Could you please help me out with this?

Anonymous · Answer

He is much fairer than she.
He is fairer than she.
He is much slower than he.
He is slower than he.

Anonymous · Answer

Just because people say something doesn't make it right. It merely means they are ignorant. You have your expert answer above.

Anonymous · Answer

My opinion is that you would drop the "is" from the end of all those sentences.  E.g., He is fairer than she.

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