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Rule "SUPERLATIVE + THAN, e.g. worst (worse) than"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	SUPERLATIVE + THAN, e.g. worst (worse) than
Message:	<pleasespellme/>Use <suggestion><pleasespellme/>\1 \2</suggestion> to make a comparison with this adjective.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-comparatives-superlatives/#comparative-form-of-adjectives
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	That's worst than before! Correction suggestion: iller than, worse than Tom has been most than generous. Correction suggestion: more than I want to do a routine, if sensor great than x° do something. Correction suggestion: greater than
Correct sentences for comparison:	...rather than receiving goods being distributed "according... This was differently than I had expected. The two traditions may have had more in common than initially appears. ...als with Asperger syndrome tend to perform better cognitively than those with autism, the extent of the overlap... ... with autism are about 25 times more likely to be autistic than the general population. He is no more foolish than you are. All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others I would rather go out than stay at home. I prefer to be crazy than sad. They do better together than apart. I may as well go out than stay at home. While no nation other than the Russian Federation (and previously the f... No sooner had I gone out than it began to rain. Most scientific breakthroughs are nothing else than the discovery of the obvious. ...t his use of the term science carries a different meaning than that covered by the term "scientific method"... ...don't think that there is any better way to learn English than by living in America. This will allow us to identify style issues and display them differently than grammar errors. They seem to behave differently than some other other types of error. The blame goes way further back than the ‘Iraqi Government’. The firm sold approximately three times as much than it bought. Just want to make sure than the notional quantities will be sufficient.
ID:	SUPERLATIVE_THAN [1]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-29 22:33:07 +0100)