289: Comparatives Sep 23, 2015

Comparative adjectives are common in English, and there are even determiners and conjunction. Words like 'more' and 'less' can allow for the less common double comparative. 'Lesser' is its own double comparative, but usually a double comparative relies on the fact that 'more' and 'less' compare actions, rather than adjectives, so a sentence like "the more the merrier' can have two comparatives.