1) The document discusses rules for forming comparative and superlative adjectives in English.
2) One-syllable adjectives typically take -er and -est endings, while two-syllable adjectives ending in certain letters take more/most.
3) Adjectives with three or more syllables always use more/most, except some from un- prefixes may use -er/-est.
Degree of comparison
The Degrees of Comparison in English grammar are made with the Adjective and Adverb words to show how big or small, high or low, more or less, many or few, etc., of the qualities, numbers and positions of the nouns (persons, things and places) in comparison to the others mentioned in the other part of a sentence or expression.
Kind of comparison :
Positive degree
Comparative degree
Superlative degree
POSITIVE DEGREE
Equal/positive degree is used to compare two things or persons which have same characteristic and feature.
The primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification,comparison, or relation to increase or diminution positive
Adjective- a word that expresses an attribute of something
Adverb- a word that modifies something other then a noun.
There are two more comparisons with the ‘positive form’ of the adjective words. They are :
(i) Degree of Equality: This comparison is used to compare two persons, animals or things to tell us that they are equal – having the same quality.
Example: There are two cats with the same height and weight, and look the same except for the colour.
Therefore we say:
The brown cat is as beautiful as the grey cat. (= Both the cats are the same.)
The word “beautiful” is an adjective in the ‘positive form’, and with the conjunction as…as it expresses the ‘degree of equality’.
(ii) Degree of Inequality: This comparison is used to compare two persons, animals or things to tell us that they are not equal – not having the same quality. Example: The brown cat is not so beautiful as the black & white cat.( They are not the same).The word “beautiful” is an adjective in the ‘positive form’, and with the conjunction so…as (and the negative ‘not’) it expresses the ‘degree of inequality’
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2. SOME RULES ABOUT FORMINGSOME RULES ABOUT FORMING
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVESCOMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
One syllable adjectives generally form the
comparative by adding -er and the superlative by
adding -est, e.g.:
Adjective Comparative Superlative
Soft Softer The softest
Cheap Cheaper The cheapest
Sweet Sweeter The sweetest
Thin Thinner The thinnest
3. SPELLING RULESSPELLING RULES
Note that 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→ →
biggest.
If an adjective ends in -e, this is removed when adding
-er/-est, e.g.: wide wider/widest.→
If an adjective ends in a consonant followed by -y, -y is
replaced by -i when adding -er/-est, e.g.: dry →
drier/driest.
4. TWO SYLLABLE ADJECTIVESTWO SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES
two syllable adjectives which end in -y usually form the
comparative by adding -er and the superlative by adding
-est, (note the change of -y to -i in the
comparative/superlative) e.g.:
Adjective Comparative superlative
Lucky luckier The luckiest
Pretty Prettier The prettiest
Tidy Tidier The tidiest
5. TWO SYLLABLE ADJECTIVESTWO SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES
two syllable adjectives ending in -ed, -ing, -ful,
or -less always form the comparative with
more and the superlative with the most, e.g.:
Adjective Comparative superlative
Worried More worried The most worried
Boring More boring The most boring
Careful More careful The most careful
Useless More useless The most useless
6. THREE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVESTHREE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES
Adjectives which have three or more syllables always form the comparative
and superlative with MORE and THE MOST, e.g.:
The only exceptions are some three syllable adjectives which have been
formed by adding the prefix -un to another adjective, especially those formed
from an adjective ending in -y.These adjectives can form comparatives and
superlatives by using more/most or adding -er/-est, e.g.:
unhappy – unhappier – the unhappiest/ the most unhappy
Adjective Comparative Superlative
Dangerous More dangerous The most dangerous
Difficult More difficult The most difficult
8. USE OF COMPARATIVESUSE OF COMPARATIVES
Comparatives are very commonly followed by
than and a pronoun or noun group, in order to
describe who the other person or thing involved
in the comparison is, e.g.:
John is taller than me.
I think that she’s more intelligent than her sister.
9. OTHER USES OF COMPARATIVESOTHER USES OF COMPARATIVES
Comparatives are often qualified by using words and phrases such as much, a lot, far, a
bit/little, slightly etc., e.g.:
You should go by train, it would be much cheaper.
Could you be a bit quieter?
I’m feeling a lot better.
Do you have one that’s slightly bigger?
Two comparatives can be contrasted by placing the before them, indicating that a
change in one quality is linked to a change in another, e.g.:
The smaller the gift, the easier it is to send.
The more stressed you are, the worse it is for your health.
Two comparatives can also be linked with and to show a continuing increase in a
particular quality, e.g.:
◦ The sea was getting rougher and rougher.
◦ Her illness was becoming worse and worse.
◦ He became more and more tired as the weeks went by
10. USE OF SUPERLATIVESUSE OF SUPERLATIVES
Like comparatives, superlatives can be placed before nouns in the attributive
position, or occur after be and other link verbs, e.g.:
◦ the most delicious chocolate cake I’ve ever eaten
◦ Annabel was the youngest
◦ This restaurant is the best
As shown in the second two examples, superlatives are often used on their
own if it is clear what or who is being compared. If you want to be specific
about what you are comparing, you can do this with a noun, or a phrase
beginning with in or of, e.g.:
◦ Annabel was the youngest child
◦ Annabel was the youngest of the children
◦ This restaurant is the best in town.
11. THE OPPOSITES OF COMPARATIVETHE OPPOSITES OF COMPARATIVE
AND SUPERLATIVESAND SUPERLATIVES
we use the forms less (the opposite of comparative
more), and the least (the opposite of superlative the
most).
Less is used to indicate that something or someone does not have as much of a
particular quality as someone or something else, e.g.:
◦ This sofa is less comfortable.
◦ I’ve always been less patient than my sister.
The least is used to indicate that something or someone has less of a quality
than any other person or thing of its kind, e.g.:
◦ It’s the least expensive way to travel.
◦ She was the least intelligent of the three sisters.