比较级前通常不用冠词,但有时也用,这主要见于以下情形:
1.当比较级后接名词时,比较级前可能用冠词,此时的冠词不是修饰比较级,而是修饰其后的名词.如:
This watch is too expensive.Would you show me a cheaper one?这块表太贵了,你能给我看一个便宜一点的吗?
2.当要特指两者中“较(更)…”时,比较级前通常要带定冠词,此时可视为比较级后省略了有关的名词或代词one,即定冠词实为修饰被省略的名词或代词one.如:
Of the two brothers,the younger is more clever.在这两兄弟中,年轻的这个更聪明.
3.用于“the+比较级,the+比较级”,表示“越…越…”.如:
The sooner,the better.越快越好.
The more a man has,the more he wants.人越有越想要