The adverb clauses of degree answer the question ‘how much’, ‘how many’ or ‘how little’. They are usually introduced by the conjunctions as, so…as, as…as and than.

• He is older than he looks.
• No one can run faster than Peter.
• It is later than I thought.
• He is not so clever as you think.
• She is as intelligent as she is beautiful.
• He is much younger than you (are).
• It is not a bad price, as prices go these days.

The correlatives the…the may also introduce adverb clauses of degree or comparison.

• The higher you climb, the colder it gets.
• The more he earns the more he spends.
• The older you grow the wiser you become.

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1. Kinds of adverb clauses
2. Adverb clauses of place
3. Adverb clauses of time
4. Adverb clauses
5. Clauses