If you say on the form "I think Fred is a very good candidate", you are inevitably comparing Fred to somebody else or some other people, and you are probably not comparing him to …
"The better" is a superlative that only applies when comparing two people or things. "The best" is not wrong when comparing just two, but "the better" makes clear that the comparison is …
As so often with this sort of question, we probably wouldn’t phrase it that way in the first place. I’m comparing A and B in terms of their functionality. I’m comparing the functionality of A and …
According to my CLEP book, the phrase "de lo que" is only used for comparing adjectives and adverbs. Es más fácil de lo que crees. (facil) However, when comparing things, the articles …
This expression occurs in an interview with a commercial ship officer. Comparing the work of Filipino and Lithuanian seamen, he notes that the Lithuanians are more reliable at certain tasks …