Comparison of Adjectives
Comparison of Adjectives Most Adjectives of Quality, and four Adjectives of Number and Quantity (much, little, many, few) have degrees of comparison. There are three degrees of comparison:- Positive degree : It is the simplest form of the adjective (tall, beautiful, good, etc.) Comparative degree : It is a form used when a comparison is made between two persons or things (taller, more beautiful, best, etc.) Superlative degree : It is a form used when more than two things, or sets of things, are compared. (tallest, most beautiful, best, etc.) Rules of Comparison 1. Adjectives of one syllable are compared by adding er and est in the Competitive and Superlative degrees respectively. (tall - taller, tallest; black - blacker, blackest.) Exceptions:- (i) When the Positive ends in e, the 'e’ of er and est is dropped: wise - wiser, wisest; pale - paler, palest. (ii) When the Positive ends in y preceded by a consonant, y is changed into ‘i’ before er and est: dry - drier, driest. (But w