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English for Communication | Alvin Bersamin
2. Adjectives that already end in –e and add –r, -st
nice nicer nicest
3. Some words double the last letter
Big bigger biggest
wet wetter wettest
4. Adjectives of three syllables or more take more, most
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
interesting more interesting most interesting
5. Words that end in –y change it to –i
sunny sunnier sunniest
friendly friendlier friendliest
6. Irregular forms
good better best
bad worse worst
USE:
1. than used after a comparative to say that two things are different.
Plastic is cheaper than leather.
Tomorrow will be cooler than today.
2. The superlative is used for three or more things.
The runner jumped the highest.
This is the most interesting news I have read.
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