Comparison of adjectives and adverbs

Abstract

Comparison in Spanish is not particularly complex, but English-speaking students are often hindered by interference from French, which encourages misuse of the article in the superlative and failure to use tanto como ’as . . . as’ in comparisons of equality (cf. French aussi . . . que). Foreigners also tend to overlook the difference between más de and más que and often fail to use del que or de lo que before clauses, verb phrases or neuter adjectives.