Question

13. Pen is-------(mighty/mightier) than sword.
14. There is---------(a lot of/ several) petrol in his bike.
15. You don't have so---------
(much/less) gold as he has.​

Answer 1

• Pen is mightier than sword.

=> Pen and sword are separate terms. There are 2 of them :

1. Pen
2. Sword

Each of them is being compared to either. So ; as there are just 2 things comparing , we take the comaprative degree of mighty.

• There is a lot of petrol in his bike .

=> Several is a word used for countable things like ; people , things , flowers , etc. And a lot of is a quantifier that is specifically used for uncountable things like ; water , petrol , grains . Quantifiers are used in this case as we can count the given things by ordinals or Cardinals.

• You don't have so much gold as he has.

=> Here two people are being compared based on possession of gold. Always more things are compared with so , hence more has been used .

Quantifiers :

Quantifiers are the words that are used to give count of nouns. They come under determiners .

Quantifiers can be used for both countable and uncountable nouns.

Eg :

• Some
• Many
• Lots of
• A few
• Few
• Lot of
• Least
• Much

Answer 2

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a.) Pen is-------(mighty/mightier) than sword.

b.) There is---------(a lot of/ several) petrol in his bike.

c.) You don't have so--------- (much/less) gold as he has.

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Quantifiers :-

These are the words that are used to the compare the nouns quantitatively . They are the parts of determiners.It may be countable or may be uncountable nouns.

Examples :-

• Some people loves to read novel.

• We brings many gifts for the participants .

• Steel is stronger than wood.

• Statue of unity is taller than India gate.

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a.) Pen is mightier than sword.

✏ Pen and sword are two terms denoting empowerment.

As, per William Shakespeare play he uses pen & swords for denoting power as a degree of comparison.

But, this explains the education is more better than sword. The comprison level is higher here.

• Mighty is for short range comparison.

• Mightier is for long range comparison.

So, we say Pen is mightier than sword.

b.) There is a lot of petrol in his bike.

✏ We know petrol is in liquid state measured on basis of volume & it's uncountable.

So here,

Several is a comparative word for comparing countable things.

• eg. Their are several fruits in basket.

A lot of is a quantifier word that is basically used where uncountable things are present.

• eg. I drank a lot of water.

Therefore we use, There is a lot of petrol in his bike.

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c.) You don't have so much gold as he has.

=> We cannot compare something's quantities if have something in less amount to be of high amount .

Suppose if you have 5 apple & people z have 1 apple.

One cannot say, "You don't have so less apple as z has." Because ,basically we deal with large quantities for comparison.

Therefore, You don't have so much gold as he has.

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