الأربعاء، 23 ديسمبر 2009

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  1. Is it correct to say "Nora is the shorter of the two girls

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  2. Yes. When we are comparing only two things, we usually use the comparative rather than the superlative. This would be considered the only correct answer on an exam. We use the superlative when comparing three or more.

    Nora is the shorter of the two girls.


    Nora is the shortest girl in the class.

    In real life, native speakers often use the superlative when comparing only two things, especially in informal speech. In writing more formally, they would use the comparative

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