Comparative Adjectives

comparative adjectives

By: Martina Morán Rodríguez

Pay attention to the following rules.

We use comparative adjectives when talking about two things (not three or more things).

For two-syllable adjectives ending in -y, change the -y to -i and add -er. These simple rules make it easy to tell when you should add -er or -ier and when you should use “more + adjective.”

There are two ways to make or to "form" a comparative adjective:

short adjectives: add "-er" long adjectives: use "more"

some clarifications

With some 2-syllable adjectives, we can use "-er" OR "more": quiet → quieter/more quiet clever → cleverer/more clever narrow → narrower/more narrow simple → simpler/more simple

Exception: The following adjectives have irregular forms

Although we use comparative adjectives when talking about two things (not three or more things), in fact one or both of the things may be a group of things. Mt Everest is higher than all other mountains. Here, we are talking about hundreds of mountains, but we are still comparing one thing (Mt Everest) to one other thing (all other mountains)

KEEP IN MIND

WE USE COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES TO COMPARE TWO THINGS.

THERE ARE TWO FORM A COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES.

THE EXCEPTIONS ARE IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

even comparing two groups of things we are using the comparative form.

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