3. Plus ... que ... more ... than ...; davantage, more so.
La paresse est plus dangereuse que la vanité, idleness is more dangerous than vanity. La vanité est dangereuse, la paresse davantage. Vanity is dangerous, idleness more so.
4. With Nouns only. Plus de ... que ..., more ... than; tant de ... autant de ... que ..., as much, as many ... as ...; tout autant de ... que ... quite as much, as many ... as ... pas autant de ... que ..., not as much or as many ... as ...; moins de ... que ..., less, fewer ... than ...
J'ai plus de livres que vous. Vous avez reçu autant de lettres que moi. Les Etats-Unis n'ont pas tant de soldats que la France. J'ai tout autant de celui-ci que de celui-là. I have as much of this as of that. Il n'a pas autant de chevaux que de chiens. New York a moins d'habitants que Paris.
Superlative.
5. Le plus ... the most ...; le moins ... the least ...
Jean est le plus appliqué de mes élèves, John is the most diligent of my pupils. Quelle est la moins difficile de vos leçons? Which one is the least difficult of your lessons?
§ 17. Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives.
1. Adjectives:
bon, meilleur, le meilleur, good, better, the best.