The comparison of adjectives
Using adjectives to compare things is often done.
Most adjectives have three steps of comparison, and others have only two.
Adjectives comparison:
Positive, Comparative and Superlative.
Some of the adjectives uses different words for both comparative and Superlative forms.
Below are two example:
Positive comparative Superlative
Good Better Best
Bad Worse Worst
e.g: Sam is a better soccer player then John.
Tony is the worst soccer player of the team.
They're adjectives that form the Comparative and Superlative by using more and most.
These words usually have three are more syllables and some has two syllables.
Below is example:
Positive Comparative Superlative
Perfect moreperfect most perfect
e.g: Sam is a moreperfect player than John.
Tony is the mostperfect player of the team.
They're adjectives that has one syllable. Add "er" to those with one and two syllables to form it's Comparative and uses
"est" to form their Superlative forms.
Positive Comparative Superlative
Big Bigger Biggest
e.g: The donkey is Better than the goat.
The cow is the biggest animal of the farm.
NB:
Never use more with "er"
Never use most with "est"
Comparative forms are used to compare two things.
Superlative forms are used to compare three or more things.
See other grammar lesson
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