{"id":73744,"date":"2020-04-04T12:22:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T12:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73744"},"modified":"2020-04-04T12:22:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T12:22:38","slug":"degrees-of-comparison-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/degrees-of-comparison-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Degrees Of Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>English\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/kinds-of-adjectives\/\">adjectives\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/what-are-adverbs\/\">adverbs<\/a>\u00a0commonly distinguish three degrees:\u00a0<b>the positive<\/b>\u00a0(the basic form),\u00a0<b>the comparative\u00a0<\/b>(expressing a higher degree than is present in something else) and\u00a0<b>the superlative\u00a0<\/b>(expressing a maximal degree).<\/p>\n<h3>Comparative and superlative adjectives: formation<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/difference-between-comparative-and-superlative\/\">comparative<\/a> is formed with<b>\u00a0\u2013er\u00a0<\/b>or\u00a0<b>more;\u00a0<\/b>the superlative is formed with<b>\u00a0\u2013est\u00a0<\/b>or\u00a0<b>most.\u00a0<\/b>One syllable adjectives like big and fast tend to prefer\u00a0<b>\u2013er\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>\u2013est.\u00a0<\/b>Larger ones like beautiful and carefully take\u00a0<b>more\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>most.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John is<b>\u00a0tall.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>John is\u00a0<b>taller than<\/b>\u00a0Peter.<\/li>\n<li>John is\u00a0<b>the tallest\u00a0<\/b>man I know.<\/li>\n<li>Susie drives\u00a0<b>carefully.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Susie drives<b>\u00a0more carefully than\u00a0<\/b>Alice.<\/li>\n<li>Susie drives\u00a0<b>the most carefully\u00a0<\/b>of anybody in Paris.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs<\/h2>\n<p>To say that people or things are unequal in a particular way, we can use comparative adjectives and adverbs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She is<b>\u00a0taller\u00a0<\/b>than her sister.<\/li>\n<li>He earns\u00a0<b>more<\/b>\u00a0money than his wife does.<\/li>\n<li>Her mother is\u00a0<b>more attractive<\/b>\u00a0than her.<\/li>\n<li>Rohan is<b>\u00a0cleverer<\/b>\u00a0than his friends.<\/li>\n<li>Sania is\u00a0<b>richer<\/b>\u00a0than her neighbours.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0<b>better<\/b>\u00a0than I thought.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Formation of the comparative and superlative<\/h2>\n<p>An\u00a0adjective\u00a0can exist in three forms \u2013 positive, <a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/difference-between-comparative-and-superlative\/\">comparative and superlative.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The positive<\/h3>\n<p>This is the basic form of the adjective. Examples are:\u00a0<b>kind, nice, beautiful, pleasant, tall, short, cruel, brave<\/b>\u00a0etc.<\/p>\n<h3>The comparative<\/h3>\n<p>One-syllable adjectives normally form their comparative by adding\u00a0<b>\u2013er\u00a0<\/b>to the positive. Note that a syllable is a vowel-sound. One-syllable adjectives have just one vowel-sound. They might have more than one vowel, but when they are pronounced, only one vowel-sound is heard. Examples are given below:\u00a0<b>tall, short, cute, nice, brave, small, dark, fair<\/b>\u00a0etc.<\/p>\n<p>We can change these one-syllable adjectives into the comparative by adding\u00a0<b>\u2013er<\/b>\u00a0to them.<\/p>\n<p>Tall \u2013&gt; taller<\/p>\n<p>Short \u2013&gt; shorter<\/p>\n<p>Cute \u2013&gt; cuter<\/p>\n<p>Nice \u2013&gt; nicer<\/p>\n<p>Brave \u2013&gt; braver<\/p>\n<p>Small \u2013&gt; smaller<\/p>\n<p>Dark \u2013&gt; darker<\/p>\n<p>Fair \u2013&gt; fairer<\/p>\n<p>Longer adjectives and adverbs form their comparative forms by adding\u00a0<b>more<\/b>\u00a0to the positive.<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful \u2013&gt; more beautiful<\/p>\n<p>Careful \u2013&gt; more careful<\/p>\n<p>Pleasant \u2013&gt; more pleasant<\/p>\n<p>Intelligent \u2013&gt; more intelligent<\/p>\n<p>Practical \u2013&gt; more practical<\/p>\n<h3>The superlative<\/h3>\n<p>The superlative adjective shows a maximal degree of some quality. One syllable- adjectives form their superlative forms by adding\u00a0<b>\u2013est<\/b>\u00a0to the positive.<\/p>\n<p>Tall \u2013&gt; taller \u2013&gt; tallest<\/p>\n<p>Short \u2013&gt; shorter \u2013&gt; shortest<\/p>\n<p>Cute \u2013&gt; cuter \u2013&gt; cutest<\/p>\n<p>Nice \u2013&gt; nicer \u2013&gt; nicest<\/p>\n<p>Brave \u2013&gt; braver \u2013&gt; bravest<\/p>\n<p>Small \u2013&gt; smaller \u2013&gt; smallest<\/p>\n<p>Dark \u2013&gt; darker \u2013&gt; darkest<\/p>\n<p>Fair \u2013&gt; fairer \u2013&gt; fairest<\/p>\n<p>Longer adjectives form their superlative forms by adding\u00a0most\u00a0to the positive.<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful \u2013&gt; more beautiful \u2013&gt; most beautiful<\/p>\n<p>Careful \u2013&gt; more careful \u2013&gt; most careful<\/p>\n<p>Pleasant \u2013&gt; more pleasant \u2013&gt; most pleasant<\/p>\n<p>Intelligent \u2013&gt; more intelligent \u2013&gt; most intelligent<\/p>\n<p>Practical \u2013&gt; more practical \u2013&gt; most practical<\/p>\n<h2>Irregular comparison<\/h2>\n<p>Some adjectives and adverbs have irregular comparative and superlative forms. That means their comparative and superlative forms are not formed from their positive.<\/p>\n<p>Examples are given below.<\/p>\n<p><b>Positive \u2013&gt; comparative \u2013&gt; superlative<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Good \u2013&gt; better \u2013&gt; best<\/p>\n<p>Bad \u2013&gt; worse \u2013&gt; worst<\/p>\n<p>Ill \u2013&gt; worse \u2013&gt; worst<\/p>\n<p>Little \u2013&gt; less \u2013&gt; least<\/p>\n<p>Much \/ many \u2013&gt; more \u2013&gt; most<\/p>\n<p>The superlative adjective is used to say that one of a group is outstanding in a particular way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English\u00a0adjectives\u00a0and\u00a0adverbs\u00a0commonly distinguish three degrees:\u00a0the positive\u00a0(the basic form),\u00a0the comparative\u00a0(expressing a higher degree than is present in something else) and\u00a0the superlative\u00a0(expressing a maximal degree). Comparative and superlative adjectives: formation The comparative is formed with\u00a0\u2013er\u00a0or\u00a0more;\u00a0the superlative is&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[537,227,1402,2501,1404],"class_list":["post-73744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-adjectives","tag-change-degrees-of-comparison","tag-comparative","tag-comparison-of-adjectives-and-adverbs","tag-superlative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73745,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73744\/revisions\/73745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}