Help me with comparative form please!

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learnerr

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Hi

From examples below, Please help me figure out 'than/as'

It's as real as you made it . (It's more real than you made it)
It's as real as you thought it to be. (It's more real than you thought it to be)
He's as big as I (am) (He's bigger than I am)

So far, I've thought the use of 'as/than' to be 'conjunction'
But is it Okay to (or should I) regard them as 'relative pronoun'?

(Relative pronoun that has antecedent of 'adjective' .i.e. He's rich, which I am not)
Please help me out!!!
 

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I know it's problem I have
I want to stop it more than anybody else
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To compare equal values, use as...as:

I am 180cm tall.
Jon is 180 cm tall.

I am as tall as Jon = we are equally tall.

To compare unequal values, use the comparative form of an adjective plus than:

Jon is 180 cm tall.
Jake is 170cm tall.

Jon is taller than Jake. (Or, Jake is shorter than Jon.)

N.B. It does not make any sense to form a comparative for the word "real". Something is either real or it is not real. There are no degrees of "realness".

Hi

From examples below, Please help me figure out 'than/as'

It's as real as you made it . (It's more real than you made it)
It's as real as you thought it to be. (It's more real than you thought it to be)
He's as big as I (am) (He's bigger than I am)

So far, I've thought the use of 'as/than' to be 'conjunction'
But is it Okay to (or should I) regard them as 'relative pronoun'?

(Relative pronoun that has antecedent of 'adjective' .i.e. He's rich, which I am not)
Please help me out!!!
 
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