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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Comerative

FormRuleFor example
Words of one syllable ending in 'e'.
Add -r to the end of the word.

wide - wider

Words of one syllable, with one vowel and one consonant at the end.Double the consonant and add -er to the end of the word.

big - bigger

Words of one syllable, with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end.Add - er to the end of the word.high - higher
Words of two syllables, ending in 'y'.Change 'y' to 'i', and add -er to the end of the word.happy - happier
Words of two syllables or more, not ending in 'y'.Place 'more' before the adjective.beautiful - more beautiful

The following adjectives are exceptions to this rule:

  • 'good' becomes 'better'
  • 'bad' becomes 'worse'
  • 'far' becomes 'farther' or 'further'

!Note - When comparing two things like this we put than between the adjective and the thing being compared.

For example:-

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