comparative + hers | ours – English Grammar Profiler

Point 76 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as:

Possessive pronouns ‘hers’ and ‘ours’ in comparative clauses.

An iWeb search for  _jj as|than hers|ours:

1 DIFFERENT THAN OURS 491

EXPERT EXAMPLE:

His approach was totally different than ours.

*’ from ours’ is traditionally correct, but this is the highest frequency example!

2 IMPORTANT AS OURS 470 3 GOOD AS OURS 400 4 BETTER THAN OURS 250 5 HIGHER THAN OURS 223 6 LOWER THAN OURS 157 7 LARGER THAN OURS 152 8 GREATER THAN OURS 148 9 BIGGER THAN OURS 146 10 WORSE THAN OURS 128 11 LARGE AS OURS 110 12 GOOD AS HERS 101 13 SMALLER THAN OURS 95

14 BIG AS OURS 75

15 HIGHER THAN HERS 66

Sky Sports Johanna Konta pragmatic after second-round US Open loss I think my level was a lot higher than hers in the first set.

DIVERSE AS OURS

  CALmatters Ethnic studies curriculum is what our students need in this moment In a state as diverse as ours, our students must see themselves in their classrooms and instructional materials.

17 STRONGER THAN OURS 62 18 SHORTER THAN OURS 53 19 ADVANCED THAN OURS 48 20 DIFFERENT THAN HERS 48 21 STRONGER THAN HERS 48

22 COMPLEX AS OURS 47

23 GREATER THAN HERS 47 24 BIGGER THAN HERS 45 25 STRONG AS OURS 44

26 SENSITIVE THAN OURS 42

27 OLDER THAN OURS 41 28 GREAT AS OURS 40 29 BETTER THAN HERS 36 30 CHEAPER THAN OURS 34 31 RICH AS OURS 34 32 SMALL AS OURS 33 33 SMALLER THAN HERS 31 34 LOWER THAN HERS 30 35 IMPORTANT THAN OURS 28

36 POWERFUL THAN OURS 28

37 LOW AS OURS 27

38 PRECIOUS AS OURS 27

39 BAD AS OURS 26

40 WEALTHY AS OURS 25

B1:

powerful

B2:

complex, diverse, precious, sensitive, wealthy