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Comparative adjectives
This document outlines rules for forming comparative adjectives in English. It discusses how one, two, and three+ syllable adjectives form comparatives by adding -er, replacing letters, or using "more". Specific rules are given for doubling consonants, dropping -e, and changing -y to -i. Exceptions that always take "more" include two syllable adjectives ending in -ed, -ing, -ful, or -less and all three+ syllable adjectives. The irregular comparatives of good, bad, and far are also noted. Comparatives are typically followed by "than" in comparisons.
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Comparative adjectives
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- 2. SOME RULES ABOUTFORMING COMPARATIVES • One syllable adjectives generally form the comparative by adding -er Adjective Comparative Soft Softer Cheap Cheaper Sweet Sweeter Thin Thinner
- 3. SPELLING RULES • Notethat if a one syllable adjective ends in a single vowel letter followed by a single consonant letter, the consonant letter is doubled, e.g.: thin thinner, big bigger.→ → • If an adjective ends in -e, this is removed when adding -er e.g.: wide wider→ • If an adjective ends in a consonant followed by -y, -y is replaced by -i when adding -er e.g.: dry drier→
- 4. TWO SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES •two syllable adjectives which end in -y usually form the comparative by adding -er (note the change of -y to -i in the comparative) e.g.: Adjective Comparative Lucky luckier Pretty Prettier Tidy Tidier
- 5. TWO SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES •two syllable adjectives ending in -ed, -ing, -ful, or -less always form the comparative with more Adjective Comparative Worried More worried Boring More boring Careful More careful Useless More useless
- 6. THREE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES •Adjectives which have three or more syllables always form the comparative with MORE : • Adjective Comparative Dangerous More dangerous Difficult More difficult
- 7. IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES Adjective Comparative GoodBetter Bad Worse Far Farther/further
- 8. USE OF COMPARATIVES •Comparatives are very commonly followed by than John is taller than me. I think that she’s more intelligent than her sister.