May I say "He is less old than me.?"

[WUKEN]

Hello,teachers:
I have a question.
"I am older than he."
When I saw the sentence above, I realized that I can also say "He is not as old as me." according to the grammar rule.
Now I am wondering if I can say "He is less old than me." as well.
Since I remember that I have a vague impression that the grammar book says not as----as are used with adjective and adverb of more than one syllable.
However, I am not very sure.

May I have your clarification?
Thanksa lot!

[bhaisahab]

Originally Posted by WUKEN

Hello,teachers:
I have a question.
"I am older than he."
When I saw the sentence above, I realized that I can also say "He is not as old as me." according to the grammar rule.
Now I am wondering if I can say "He is less old than me." as well.
Since I remember that I have a vague impression that the grammar book says not as----as are used with adjective and adverb of more than one syllable.
However, I am not very sure.

May I have your clarification?
Thanksa lot!

"As ...........as" can be used with adjectives with any number of syllables.

There is nothing grammatically wrong with "He is less old than me/I am". but it looks and sounds clumsy. "He is not as old as me/ I am." is much better and more usual.

[Soup]

Hello WUKEN

• He is less old than me.
• He is younger than I am / than me.
• He is not as old as I am / as me.

[WUKEN]

Thanks for both of your clarification and confirmation.

He is less old than me.

I am wondering if the reason is because the term "old" is one syllable.

May I have your reply?
Thanks for your confirmation again.

[Soup]

Originally Posted by WUKEN

Thanks for both of your clarification and confirmation.


I am wondering if the reason is because the term "old" is one syllable.

May I have your reply?
Thanks for your confirmation again.

It's the semantics that's awkward here: age = old and young, not more and less.