Comparison of Quantities
More, fewer, less, as many as, as much as. Comparing amounts the right way.
Not sure if a noun is countable? Check countable and uncountable nouns first.
ප්රමාණ සසඳන්න කලින්, noun එක ගණන් කරන්න පුළුවන් එකක්ද බැරි එකක්ද කියලා බලන්න. ගණන් කරන්න පුළුවන් නම් many / fewer. ගණන් කරන්න බැරි නම් much / less. more දෙකටම පාවිච්චි කරන්න පුළුවන්.
The same amount
as many / as much
- They have as many children as we do.countable
- I have as many friends as you.countable
- Nimal eats as much rice as Kasun. 🍛uncountable
- I don't have as much patience as her.uncountable
A bigger amount: more
more works for both countable and uncountable nouns.
more
- Colombo has more buses than Kandy.
- She earns more money than me.
A smaller amount: fewer or less
- fewer + countable: fewer people, fewer mistakes
- less + uncountable: less sugar, less time, less traffic
fewer / less
- Fewer people came today than usual.
- There's less traffic on Sundays.
- Put less sugar in my tea, please.
You can drop the noun when it's clear: I have three brothers. That's more than you have.
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This time, I made mistakes.
I have time on weekdays.
Drink water as you can in this heat.
She has read books as her teacher!
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