Less and lesser
Hi!
I have a question about less. I know that less or lesser can be the comparative form of little. But somewhere I saw a positive-comparative-superlative table, and there less is a positive, lesser the comparative, and least is the superlative form. I don't understand how can less have a comparative form, if it is already a comparative form of little? Can you help me please?
Thanks in advance!
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towel book 705 I know that less or lesser can be the comparative form of little. I wouldn't say that. "Lesser" is not a comparative form except when used as such before a participle: "a lesser-known poet".
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towel book 705I know that less or lesser can be the comparative form of little.
I wouldn't say that. "Lesser" is not a comparative form except when used as such before a participle: "a lesser-known poet". It is normally the antonym of "greater". The extinct lesser bilby was the smaller of the two species of bilby, the larger extant one being called the grea
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