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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Comparatives

Last week both of my classes studied about "Comparatives" .

The definition on Wikipedia as below: 

In grammar, the comparative is the form of an adjective or adverb which denotes the degree or grade by which a person, thing, or other entity has a property or quality greater or less in extent than that of another, and is used in this context with a subordinating conjunction, such as than, as...as, etc.[1] If three or more items are being compared, the corresponding superlative needs to be used instead.

Adverbs describe verbs
Adjective describe nouns

comparative= 2 things
superlative= 3 or more things


Posititve                   Comparative                   Superlative

the words end with "E"  add "R" or  "EST"
 loose                                                   looser                                     loosest


the words add "ER and EST"
poor                                                      poorer                                    poorest
cheap                                                    cheaper                                  cheapest
plain                                                      plainer                                   plainest
big                                                        bigger                                    biggest
tight                                                      tighter                                   tightest

the word 2 syllables or more add "MORE or MOST"

beautiful                                          more beautiful                            most beautiful
expensive                                         more  expensive                         most expensive
colourful                                          more colorful                             most colorful
famous                                            more famous                              most famous

there are words  can use either way above
cleaver
friendly
simple
gentle
quiet


the word end with "Y" change "Y" to "I" and add "ER" and "EST"

pretty                                                   prettier                                prettiest
fancy                                                   fancier                                 fanciest
sunny                                                   sunnier                               sunniest
lovely                                                   lovelier                               loveliest


the irregular words changed into other words

good                                                better                                     best
bad                                                 worse                                      worst
little                                                 less                                        least
many                                               more                                     most
far                                                  farther                                    farthest

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