Example Sentences (2)
Below is another example.
Betsy is a good artist.
Betsy is a better artist than James is.
Betsy is the best artist in her school.
Sentence 1 tells us that Betsy is a good artist but it does not give us an idea of exactly how good Betsy is.
Sentence 2 tells us that Betsy is a better artist than one other person (James) is. This gives us more information about how good an artist Betsy really is.
Sentence 3 compares Betsy to the rest of the school. From this sentence, we can tell that no one in Betsy’s school is as good an artist as she is.