Degrees of Comparison—Comparative Adjectives

Degrees of Comparison—Comparative Adjectives

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Remember that two-and-three-syllable adjectives form the comparative by using more or less before the adjective form. One-syllable adjectives form the comparative by using –er after the form. Two-syllable adjectives which end in y form the comparative by changing the y to i and adding –er.

	More (less) adjective (two syllable) adjective –er (one syllable) adjective –er (two syllable ending in y)	than
An essay test is	more difficult	than	an objective test
An essay test is	harder	than	an objective test
An essay test is	easier	than	an objective test

               

Avoid using as or that instead of than. Avoid using both moreand an –er form.

Examples

Incorrect    :  This room is more spacious as the other one.

Correct        :  This room is morespacious than the other one.

Incorrect    :  The bill which we received was more higher than the estimate.

Correct        :  The bill which we received was higherthan the estimate.

Incorrect    : Eileen has been more happy lately than she was when she first came.

Correct       : Eileen has been happier lately than she was when she first came.

Incorrect    :  The books for my engineering course are expensive the books for my other course.

Correct       :  The books for my engineering course are more expensive than the books for my other course.

Incorrect    :  The climate here is more milder than that of New England.

Correct        :  The climate here is milder than that of New England.

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