moi.
Il est le plus grand de tous mes He is the tallest of all my
frères. brothers.
Il est l'élève le plus diligent He is the most diligent pupil
_de_ la classe. _in_ the class.
J'ai plus (moins) de crayons I have more (fewer) pencils
_que_ vous. _than_ you.
Il y a plus (moins) _de_ dix There are more (less) _than_
personnes ici. ten people here.
Jean parle bien, Edmond parle John talks well, Edmund talks
mieux, mais Marie parle le better, but Mary talks the
mieux de tous. best of all.

A. 1. The hare was bigger than a horse. 2. The Garonne is less
terrible than the Somme. 3. I have more than 300 sheep. 4. This
bridge is not as long as the other. 5. He is[1] the most famous
man in the city. 6. Paris is the largest city in[2] France. 7.
There is the best servant[3] I have.[4] 8. I shall see the doctor
later. 9. This chicken is not so big as the one that[5] we had
yesterday.[6] 10. I want the bigger of the two. 11. Jean has
the biggest dog of all. 12. He drank more than three glasses of
wine. 13. He hasn't more than two dogs. 14. The hare is as big
as the one that I killed yesterday. 15. The Garonne is broader
than the Somme. 16. Gascons are the biggest liars in the world,
they-say.[7] 17. He is the best pupil in the class. 18. The Gascon
hadn't the least fear.

[Footnotes 1: c'est. 2: _what preposition_. 3: _supply_ que.
4: _subjunctive. Why?_. 5: celui que. 5: hier. 6: dit-on.]