General Similarity- Similar to and Similar
Similar to এবং similar দুটোর অর্থই এক। Similar to দুটি noun এর মাঝে তুলনা বোঝায় এবং তাদের মাঝে বসে; similar ও একই কাজে ব্যবহৃত হয় তবে similar বসে noun দুটোর পরে অথবা একটা plural noun এর পরে বাক্যের একেবারে শেষে।
s + v + similar to + noun (This coat is similar to that one.)
s + and + noun + v + similar (This coat and that one are similar.)
s (plural) + v + similar (These coats are similar)
Incorrect: That joke is similar as a joke that I heard.
Correct: That joke is similar to a joke that I heard.
Or, That joke and a joke that I heard are similar.
Incorrect: Sam’s glasses are similar like mine, but his cost is a lot less.
Correct: Sam’s glasses are similar to mine, but his cost is a lot less.
Or, Sam’s glasses and mine are similar, but his cost is a lot less.
General Similarity- Like and Alike
দুটি noun-এর তুলনা করতে তাদের মাঝে বসে like, alike আর like বসে বাক্যের শেষে এখানে like হল preposition, আর alike হলো adjective.
s + v + like + noun (This coat is like that one.)
s + and + noun + v + alike (This coat and that one are alike.)
s (plural) + v + alike (These coats are alike.)
Incorrect: Luis and his brother look like.
Correct: Luis looks like his brother.
Or, Luis and his brother look alike.
Incorrect: Your recipe for chicken is like to recipe that my mother has.
Correct: Your recipe for chicken is like a recipe that my mother has.
Or, Your recipe for chicken and a recipe that my mother has are alike.
General Difference- Different from and Different
Different from দুটি noun এর মাঝে বসে, আর different সবার শেষে বসে। Different-এর পরে than, to বসবে না।
s + v + different from + noun
s + and + noun + v + different
s (plural) + v + different
This coat is different from that one.
This coat and that one are different.
Or, These coats are different.
Incorrect: A nursery school is different a daycare center.
Correct: A nursery school is different from a daycare center.
Or, A nursery school and a daycare center are different.
Incorrect: The tour packages that we offer are different that most tours.
Correct: The tour packages that we offer are different from most tours.
Or, The tour packages that we offer and most tours are different.
Degrees of Comparison- Superlative Adjectives
Incorrect: New York is the larger of all American cities.
Correct: New York is the largest of all American cities.
Incorrect: Of all the candidates, Alex is probably the less qualified.
Correct: Of all the candidates, Alex is probably the least qualified.
Note: দুইয়ের অধিক ব্যক্তি বা বস্তুর মধ্যে তুলনা বোঝাতে superlative form ব্যবহার করা হয়।
Degrees of Comparison- Irregular Adjectives
Incorrect: The badest accident in the history of the city occurred last night.
Correct: The worst accident in the history of the city occurred last night.
Incorrect: This composition is more good than your last one.
Correct: This composition is better than your last one.
Note: কিছু কিছু adjective-এর comparative এবং superlative form-এ অনিয়মিত পরিবর্তন লক্ষ্য করা যায়। এগুলো সম্পর্কে সচেতন থাকতে হবে।
Adjective |
Comparative |
Superlative |
Bad |
Worse |
Worst |
Good |
Better |
Best |
Little |
Less |
Least |
Many |
More |
Most |
Much |
More |
Most |
Comparison of Adverbs
Incorrect: The train left late than the time on the schedule.
Correct: The train left later than the time on the schedule.
Incorrect: Sara drives more fast than Sahil does.
Correct: Sara drives faster than Sahil does.
Incorrect: I wish we could see each other frequenter.
Correct: I wish we could see each other more frequently.
Note: Adjective-এর মতো কতগুলো adverb-এরও degree of comparison হয়। শেষে ly নেই এমন কতগুলো adverb-এর শেষে er ও est যোগ করে যথাক্রমে comparative ও superlative করতে হয়। আর শেষে ly যুক্ত adverb গুলোর আগে more/ less এবং most/ least বসিয়ে যথাক্রমে comparative ও superlative করা হয়।