When you make a comparison, you point out the similarities or differences between two things, and those similarities or differences must be in parallel form. You can recognize a comparison showing how two things are different from the er... than or the more...than.
My school is farther than your school.
To be rich is better than to be poor.
What is written is more easily understood than what is spoken.
A comparison showing how two things are the same might contain as... as or expressions such as the same or similar to.
Their car is as big as a small house.
Renting those apartments costs about the same as leasing them.
The work that I did is similar to the work that you did.
PARALLEL STRUCTURE WITH COMPARISONS
(same structure) more...than (same structure)
er...than
less....than
as....as
the same...as
similar...to
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