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    This document outlines the rules for forming comparative and superlative adjectives in English based on the adjective's syllable count and ending. It provides examples for 1-syllable, 2-syllable, and multi-syllable adjectives. It also notes some irregular adjectives that do not follow the typical patterns.

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    This document outlines the rules for forming comparative and superlative adjectives in English based on the adjective's syllable count and ending. It provides examples for 1-syllable, 2-syllable, and multi-syllable adjectives. It also notes some irregular adjectives that do not follow the typical patterns.

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    This document outlines the rules for forming comparative and superlative adjectives in English based on the adjective's syllable count and ending. It provides examples for 1-syllable, 2-syllable, and multi-syllable adjectives. It also notes some irregular adjectives that do not follow the typical patterns.

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    This document outlines the rules for forming comparative and superlative adjectives in English based on the adjective's syllable count and ending. It provides examples for 1-syllable, 2-syllable, and multi-syllable adjectives. It also notes some irregular adjectives that do not follow the typical patterns.

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    Comparative Superlative

    Case Adjective
    Form Form

    1-syllable close closer closest


    adjectives
    ending in "e"
    huge huger hugest

    large larger largest

    strange stranger strangest

    wise wiser wisest


    1-syllable
    adjectives big bigger biggest
    ending in a
    consonant
    with a single fat fatter fattest
    vowel
    preceding it
    red redder reddest

    sad sadder saddest

    thin thinner thinnest


    1-syllable dry drier driest
    adjectives
    ending in "y" spry sprier/ spriest/
    spryer spryest
    wry wrier/ wriest/
    wryer wryest
    1-syllable fast faster fastest
    adjectives,
    great greater greatest
    other cases
    quick quicker quickest
    short shorter shortest
    tall taller tallest

    fickle fickler ficklest


    2-syllable
    adjectives handsome handsomer handsomest
    ending in "e"
    polite politer politest

    2-syllable bumpy bumpier bumpiest


    adjectives
    heavy heavier heaviest
    ending in "y"
    icy icier iciest
    shiny shinier shiniest
    tiny tinier tiniest
    2-syllable able abler ablest
    adjectives
    ending in
    "le", or "ow"
    gentle gentler gentlest

    hollow hollower hollowest

    narrow narrower narrowest

    shallow shallower shallowest


    simple simpler simplest
    2 or more more most
    syllable beautiful
    adjectives,
    beautiful beautiful
    more most
    other cases colourful
    colourful colourful
    more most
    complete
    complete complete
    more most
    delicious
    delicious delicious
    generous more most
    generous generous
    more most
    important
    important important
    Irregular and bad worse worst
    confusing
    adjectives far (place) farther farthest
    far (place or time) further furthest
    good better best
    late (time) later latest
    late (order) latter last
    little (size) littler littlest
    little (amount) less least
    many/much/som
    more most
    e
    old (people or things) older oldest
    old (people) elder eldest

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