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| موضوع: Comparison of adjectives الثلاثاء أغسطس 23 2011, 15:12 | |
| There are three forms of comparison:
- positive - comparative - superlative
A - Comparison with -er/-est
clean - cleaner - (the) cleanest
We use -er/-est with the following adjectives: 1) adjectives with one syllable
clean | cleaner | cleanest | new | newer | newest | cheap | cheaper | cheapest | 2) adjectives with two syllables and the following endings: 2 - 1) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -y
dirty | dirtier | dirtiest | easy | easier | easiest | happy | happier | happiest | pretty | prettier | prettiest | 2 - 2) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -er
clever | cleverer | cleverest | 2 - 3) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -le
2 - 4) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -ow
narrow | narrower | narrowest |
Spelling of the adjectives using the endings -er/-est
large | larger | largest | leave out the silent -e | big | bigger | biggest | Double the consonant after short vowel | sad | sadder | saddest | dirty | dirtier | dirtiest | Change -y to -i (consonant before -y) | shy | shyer | shyest | Here -y is not changed to -i. (although consonant before -y) |
B - Comparison with more - most
difficult - more difficult - (the) most difficult
all adjectives with more than one syllable (except some adjectives with two syllables - see 2 - 1 to 2 - 4)
C - Irregular adjectives
good | better | best | | bad | worse | worst | | much | more | most | uncountable nouns | many | more | most | countable nouns | little | less | least | | little | smaller | smallest | |
D - Special adjectives
Some ajdectives have two possible forms of comparison.
common | commoner / more common | commonest / most common | likely | likelier / more likely | likeliest / most likely | pleasant | pleasanter / more pleasant | pleasantest / most pleasant | polite | politer / more polite | politest / most polite | simple | simpler / more simple | simplest / most simple | stupid | stupider / more stupid | stupidest / most stupid | subtle | subtler / more subtle | subtlest | sure | surer / more sure | surest / most sure |
Difference in meaning with adjectives: far | farther | farthest | distance | further | furthest | distance or
time
| late | later | latest | | latter | x | | x | last | | old | older | oldest | people and things | elder | eldest | people (family) | near | nearer | nearest | distance | x | next | order
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