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    Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs: I Am Old. You Are Young

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    This document discusses the three degrees of comparison for adjectives and adverbs: positive, comparative, and superlative. [1] The positive degree is used to describe a single item, the comparative degree is used to compare two items, and the superlative degree is used to compare more than two items. [2] It provides examples of how to form the comparative and superlative degrees for one, two, and three syllable adjectives and adverbs, including any spelling changes that may occur. [3] Exceptions and clarifying examples are also noted.

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    This document discusses the three degrees of comparison for adjectives and adverbs: positive, comparative, and superlative. [1] The positive degree is used to describe a single item, the comparative degree is used to compare two items, and the superlative degree is used to compare more than two items. [2] It provides examples of how to form the comparative and superlative degrees for one, two, and three syllable adjectives and adverbs, including any spelling changes that may occur. [3] Exceptions and clarifying examples are also noted.

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    This document discusses the three degrees of comparison for adjectives and adverbs: positive, comparative, and superlative. [1] The positive degree is used to describe a single item, the comparative degree is used to compare two items, and the superlative degree is used to compare more than two items. [2] It provides examples of how to form the comparative and superlative degrees for one, two, and three syllable adjectives and adverbs, including any spelling changes that may occur. [3] Exceptions and clarifying examples are also noted.

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    Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs: I Am Old. You Are Young

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    Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

    We often use adjectives and adverbs to compare. There are three degrees of comparison,
    positive (or negative), comparative, and superlative.
    Definition:
     
    If you are talking about only one thing, you can't really compare, but if the word
    modified possesses that characteristic, it is used in the positive. If it is a negative
    characteristic, it is in the negative.
    I am old.
    You are young.

    Definition:
     
    If you are comparing two things, you must use the comparative (compare) form or
    degree.
    I am older than my brother.
    You are younger than your sister.

    Definition:
     
    If you are comparing more than two things, you must use the superlative (super)
    form or degree.
    I am the eldest of three sisters.
    You are the youngest person in your family.

    Hint:
    Superman is the strongest. Superlative means the best.
    Forming Degrees of Comparison

    Positive Comparative Superlative

    add suffix er add suffix est


    One syllable adjectives and adverbs bigger, older, newer biggest, oldest,
    newest

    Two syllable some (including ones add suffix er add suffix est


    adjectives ending in y, ow, le) sillier, quieter, politer silliest, quietest,
    politest
    (Check a dictionary
    if you aren't sure.) some (including ones use more use most
    ending in ful) more often, more most often, most
    careful careful

    some can either add can either add


    suffix er or use more suffix est or
    heavier or more use most
    heavy heaviest or most
    cleverer or more heavy
    clever cleverest or most
    clever

    Two syllable adverbs use more use most


    more quickly most quickly

    Three syllable adjectives and adverbs use more use most


    more incredible most incredible

    Negatives Comparative Superlative

    all adjectives and adverbs use less use least


    less friendly least friendly

    Hint:
     When you are comparing one thing to the group, you can use the
    words other or else in your writing or in your mind to clarify what you are
    comparing.
    James is taller than any boy in his class. (Is it comparative or superlative?)
    James is taller than any other boy in his class. (It is clearly comparative.)
    Michelle is a better artist than anyone in her art class. (Which is it?)
    Michelle is a better artist than anyone else in her art class. (Clearly superlative.)

    Hint:
     Watch out for adjectives and adverbs that share the same root. They are not the
    same word.
    careful, more careful, most careful
    carefully, more carefully, most carefully

    Spelling changes
    One syllable adjectives with a short vowel before a single consonant usually double the
    consonant before adding the suffixes.
    big - bigger, biggest; mad - madder, maddest
    One syllable adjectives that end in silent e or two syllable words that end in le do not
    double the e.
    cute - cuter, cutest; little - littler, littlest
    When adding suffixes er and est to words ending in y, you must change the y to
    an i before adding the suffix.
    merry - merrier, merriest; friendly - friendlier, friendliest

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