NOUNS & ADJECTIVES → COMPARISON · RULE 17
Comparison
Short adjectives grow endings: warm → warmer → warmest. Long ones call helpers: more beautiful, the most beautiful.
FORMULA
-er / more
warm→warmer→the warmestshort: add the ending
big→bigger→the biggestdouble the consonant
happy→happier→the happiest-y → -i
beautiful→more beautiful→the most beautifullong: call the helpers
THREE STEPS
1
Rome is warm.
the adjective
2
Madrid is warmer than Rome.
comparative + than
3
Athens is the warmest of the three.
the + superlative
The superlative almost always brings the: the best, the biggest, the most famous.
WHICH ROAD?
1 syllable → endingold → older
2+ syllables → more / mostmodern → more modern
-y counts as shorteasy → easier
THE FAMOUS FOUR
good → better → the best
bad → worse → the worst
far → further → the furthest
little → less → the least
COMMON MISTAKES