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    The document discusses the different ways that adjectives form their comparative and superlative forms in English. Adjectives with one syllable typically add -er and -est, adjectives ending in e add -r and -st, and adjectives with more than one syllable may add -er/-est, -r/-st, or use more/most. Some adjectives have irregular forms or change their spelling.

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    The document discusses the different ways that adjectives form their comparative and superlative forms in English. Adjectives with one syllable typically add -er and -est, adjectives ending in e add -r and -st, and adjectives with more than one syllable may add -er/-est, -r/-st, or use more/most. Some adjectives have irregular forms or change their spelling.

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    The document discusses the different ways that adjectives form their comparative and superlative forms in English. Adjectives with one syllable typically add -er and -est, adjectives ending in e add -r and -st, and adjectives with more than one syllable may add -er/-est, -r/-st, or use more/most. Some adjectives have irregular forms or change their spelling.

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    Comparative and superlative adjectives

    The comparative form of an adjective is used for comparing


    two people or things (e.g. he is taller than me), while the
    superlative is used for comparing one person or thing with
    every other member of their group (e.g. he was the tallest
    boy in the class).
    Adjectives make their comparative and superlative forms in
    different ways, depending on the base adjective itself. Heres
    a quick-reference guide to the spelling of comparative and
    superlative adjectives:

    Adjectives with one syllable.
    In general, if the adjective has one syllable, then the letters -
    er or -est are added:
    warm warmer warmest
    quick quicker quickest
    tall taller tallest
    short shorter shortest




    Adjectives with one syllable ending in e
    If the adjective has 1 syllable and ends in e, just add -r or -st:
    Late later latest
    nice nicer nicest
    large larger largest

    Adjectives with two syllables
    Adjectives with two syllables vary.Some add -er/-est or -r/-st:
    feeble feebler feeblest

    Some use the words more for the comparative and most
    for the superlative:
    famous more famous most famous
    Many can do either, like clever:
    clever cleverer /more clever cleverest /most clever
    Adjectives with three syllables or more
    If the adjective has three syllables or more, then the words
    more and most are used:
    Interesting more interesting most interesting
    attractive more attractive most attractive

    Adjectives that change their spelling
    Some adjectives change their spelling when forming the
    comparative and superlative:
    Some one-syllable adjectives that end with a single
    consonant (e.g. big, wet, sad, fat)
    double this consonant before adding -er or -est:
    big bigger biggest
    wet wetter wettest
    sad sadder saddest

    If the adjective ends in y (e.g. happy, greedy, or tidy),
    change the y to an i and add -er or -est:

    happy happier happiest
    greedy greedier greediest
    tidy tidier tidiest

    Some common adjectives have irregular comparative and
    superlative forms that you just have to learn:

    bad worse worst
    good better best
    little (of a quantity) less least
    much more most

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