A common error in using adjectives and adverbs arises from using the wrong form for comparison.<\/p>\n
Incorrect:<\/strong>\u00a0 She is the <\/em>poorest of the two women.<\/em><\/p>\n Correct:<\/strong> Many one- and two-syllable adjectives and one-syllable adverbs may be compared by adding \u2011er<\/em> or \u2011est<\/em>.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/strong> Usually, with words of three or more syllables, don\u2019t add \u2011er<\/em> or \u2011est<\/em>. Use more<\/em> or most<\/em> in front of the words. Never use both the \u2011er<\/em> or \u2011est<\/em> suffix and more<\/em> or most<\/em>.<\/p>\n Example:<\/strong>\u00a0 efficient, more efficient, most efficient<\/em><\/p>\n Incorrect:<\/strong> Correct:<\/strong>\u00a0 He is <\/em>more efficient at using the PowerPoint program than his boss is.<\/em><\/p>\n Some words have irregular comparative and superlative forms.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/strong> Incorrect:<\/strong>\u00a0 She is the <\/em>best candidate of the two for the job.<\/em><\/p>\n Correct:<\/strong>\u00a0 She is the <\/em>better candidate of the two for the job.<\/em><\/p>\n When comparing most \u2011ly<\/em> adverbs, keep the \u2011ly<\/em> and add more<\/em> or most<\/em>.<\/p>\n Incorrect:<\/strong>\u00a0 She spoke <\/em>quicker than he did.<\/em><\/p>\n Correct:<\/strong> Incorrect:<\/strong>\u00a0 Talk <\/em>quieter.<\/p>\n Correct:<\/strong> <\/p>\n Fix the incorrect sentences.<\/p>\n 1. She is even curiouser than her little brother. <\/p>\n 1. She is even more curious than her little brother. A common error in using adjectives and adverbs arises from using the wrong form for comparison. Incorrect:\u00a0 She is the poorest of the two women. Correct: She is poor. (positive form) She is the poorer of the two women. (comparative form\/two items) She is the poorest of them all. (superlative form\/more than two) Many one- […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives-adverbs"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nShe is <\/em>poor. (positive form)
\nShe is the <\/em>poorer of the two women.<\/em> (comparative form\/two items)
\nShe is the <\/em>poorest of them all.<\/em> (superlative form\/more than two)<\/p>\n
\nsweet, sweeter, sweetest
\nhigh, higher, highest
\nsilly, sillier, silliest
\nbig, bigger, biggest<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHe is <\/em>efficienter at using the PowerPoint program than his boss is.<\/em>
\nHe is <\/em>more efficienter at using the PowerPoint program than his boss is.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nbad, worse, worst
\ngood, better, best<\/em><\/p>\n
\nShe spoke <\/em>quickly.
\nShe spoke <\/em>more quickly than he did.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTalk <\/em>quietly.
\nTalk <\/em>more quietly.<\/p>\nPop Quiz<\/h2>\n
\n2. I can run more faster than you can.
\n3. I can run more quickly than you can.
\n4. My brother is the youngest of the two of us.
\n5. She is the best of the two sisters at braiding hair.<\/p>\nPop Quiz Answers<\/h3>\n
\n2. I can run faster than you can.
\n3. I can run more quickly than you can. CORRECT
\n4. My brother is the younger of the two of us.
\n5. She is the better of the two sisters at braiding hair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"