04/07/2021
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Comparative adjectives are used to compare two things. You can make sentences using THAN, or use conjugations like BUT.
POSITIVE | COMPARATIVE | SUPERLATIVE |
Wise Sage | wiser wiser |
The wisest The wisest |
Happy Happy |
Happier Happier |
The happiest The happiest |
Careful Careful |
More careful More carefully |
The most careful The most careful |
Fat Fat |
Fatter Fatter |
The fattest The fattest |
Tall High |
Workshop Higher |
The tallest The tallest |
In English the superlative absolute is formed by putting the word before look and and sometimes most, as in the phrases:
The comparative of equality is formed with the combination of the adverb so... so, which translates as much as, like in:
The comparative and the superlative of inferiority are formed with adverbs less Y least, like in:
They form in an irregular way the following adjectives the comparative and the superlative:
Superlative adjectives are used to compare more than two things. Sentences with superlatives generally use THE, because there is only one superlative.