--The comparative degree refers to two things (or sets of things)
as distinct from each other, and implies that one has more of the quality
than the other. The comparative degree is generally followed by _than_.
[Footnote: The comparative is generally used with reference to two things
only, but it may be used to compare one thing with a number of things taken
separately or together as, _He_ is no _better_ than _other men_; _It_
contains _more_ than _all_ the _others_ combined.]
+Direction+.--_Study the Caution and the Remark, and correct these
errors:_--
1. London is larger than any city in Europe.
+Correction+.--The second term of comparison, _any city in Europe_,
includes London, and so London is represented as being larger than itself.
It should be, _London_ is _larger_ _than any other city in Europe_, or,
_London_ is the _largest city in Europe_.
2. China has a greater population than any nation on the globe.
3. I like this book better than any book I have seen.
4. There is no metal so useful as iron.
(A comparison is here stated, although no degree form is employed.)
5. All the metals are less useful than iron.
6. Time ought, above all kinds of property, to be free from invasion.
+Caution+.--In using the superlative degree be careful to make the latter
term of the comparison, or the term introduced by _of_, include the former.
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