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Rh parative sentence, the comparative must be preceded by the word (i.e.,  or, a thing, and the verb ) as—
 * The sun is brighter than the moon.
 * The sun is brighter than the moon.


 * Are you better than your brother?
 * Are you better than your brother?

As stated in previous paragraph =  +. If the time of the comparison be past is used instead of. In conditional comparisons is employed.


 * I thought that was taller than.
 * I thought that was taller than.

159. Every superlative sentence in Irish is a relative sentence. Thus instead of saying “the best man” we say “the man (who) is best”; for “the tallest man,” we say “the man (who) is tallest.” The word “who” in this case is never translated, for the obvious reason that there is really no simple relative pronoun in Irish.

160. If the sentence happens to be in the past or future “the best man” will have to be translated as “the man (who) was best” or “the man (who) will be best.” In such cases or  can never be used. or must be used in the past tense.