Making comparisons with nouns: plus de... que, moins de... que, autant de... que

Oops, first... Bonjour!

Sounds fine to me. 

Hi Bill,

"J'ai vraiment encore beaucoup de choses à apprendre "

would be the answer in my opinion for,

" I still have a lot of things to learn" 

The 'plus' (more) makes it sound very clumsy in French...

Très intéressant. Merci. 

Thanks L - that's been fixed

Bonsoir Aleida, According to the Collins-Robert: davantage de and plus de have the same meaning --> more. I am uncertain the reason that «plus de» is more commonly used in this type of syntax, perhaps it is better for the pronunciation linguistic effect. Bonne chance et bonne continuation

Hi Aleida, according to my understanding "davantage" and "plus" are synonyms. It is just that davantage is more formal. And you can't use it in comparisons where you would use plus as in "I have more apples than you" -- "J'ai plus de pommes que toi." You could not use davantage in this example. -- Chris (not a native speaker).

sorry, I didn't word that very well. when to pronounce the s and when it is silent.

Bonjour Bonnie ! The general rule here is as such: - Never pronounce the "s" when "plus" has a negative meaning (no more, no ... left): "Je n'ai plu[s] de beurre." (I have no butter left) but - Pronounce it in positive context most of the time, though it can be omitted: "Il y a de plus en plu[s] / de plus en pluS de pollution." (more and more) The only cases you need to pronounce it is when the meaning could be either negative or positive, for clarity. For example, when using "ne...plus", as a lot of people would drop the "ne" in speech: "Je fume plu[s]." = Je ne fume plus. = I don't smoke any more. "Je fume pluS." = I smoke more. Here are links to our related lessons: De plus en plus de and de moins en moins de = more and more and less and less (comparisons of nouns) Making comparisons with nouns: plus de... que, moins de... que, autant de... que N'avoir plus de = To have none left (negation) I hope that's helpful! À bientôt !

Very helpful! Also, thank you for pin pointing the links that address this question. Bon week end, Bonnie

Bonjour Susan ! Yes, it is correct, as "plus" is here used in a positive sense (meaning "more"), and not as a negation ("not... anymore"), you therefore need to pronounce the "s" (not all the time mind you, there are exceptions, but not there!) :)

Bonjour Aurélie, This is good to know. Merci!