Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
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One-syllable adjectives.
By now you should know what an adjective is: words like tall, big or intelligent.
These
words can have what grammarians name degrees of modification.
The degrees of
modification can be the...
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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
*
One-syllable adjectives.
By now you should know what an adjective is: words like tall, big or intelligent.
These
words can have what grammarians name degrees of modification.
The degrees of
modification can be the positive the comparative and the superlative forms.
In fact
only comparative and superlatives show these degrees in practice
We use the comparative degree for comparing two things and the superlative for
comparing three or more things.
Take a look at the example below.
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Then we will
introduce you to the rules of formation of comparatives and superlatives
One-Syllable Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form
tall taller tallest
Mary is taller than Max.
Mary is the tallest of all the students.
*Two-syllable adjectives.
With most two-syllable adjectives, you form the comparative with more and the
superlative with most.
Two-Syllable Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form
peaceful more peaceful most peaceful
This morning
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