Question

Non smokers usually live _____ (long) life than smokers

Answer 1

The correct answer is:- Non smokers usually live  life than smokers

Answer 2

Non-smokers usually live a longer life than smokers.

• The above-mentioned sentence is in the comparative degree.

Positive degree: Long

Comparative degree: Longer

Superlative degree: Longest

Degree of compassion:

• Adjectives have three different degrees of comparison. The positive, The comparative, and the superlative.
• The comparative degree is used to describe two items.

In the given sentence, we are comparing non-smokers with smokers.

Hence, we use the comparative degree to the required sentence.