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GOOD, BETTER, & BEST The Secret life of Comparatives and Superlatives

GOOD, BETTER, & BEST The Secret life of Comparatives and Superlatives. Most Adjectives and Adverbs Have Three Forms:. Positive Soft Fast Careful Bad Good. Comparative Softer Faster More careful Worse Better . Superlative Softest Fastest Most careful Worst Best .

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GOOD, BETTER, & BEST The Secret life of Comparatives and Superlatives

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  1. GOOD, BETTER, & BESTThe Secret life of Comparatives and Superlatives

  2. Most Adjectives and Adverbs Have Three Forms: Positive Soft Fast Careful Bad Good Comparative Softer Faster More careful Worse Better Superlative Softest Fastest Most careful Worst Best

  3. Comparative versus Superlative Use comparative to compare two things. Which of these two low-carb drinks is best better? Use superlative to compare three or more things. Though Shaw and Jackson are impressive, Hobbs is the more mostqualified of the three candidates running for mayor.

  4. How to Form Comparatives & Superlatives • For most adjectives and adverbs, use –eror –estat the end • Smooth, smoother, smoothest • Dark, darker, darkest • For adjectives with three or more syllables, use more and most. • Exciting, more exciting, most exciting • Interesting, less interesting, least interesting

  5. The Kirov is the talentedest ballet company we have seen. The Kirov is the most talented ballet company we have seen.

  6. And just because this is English. . . • The comparative and superlative forms of some adjectives and adverbs are irregular • Good, better, best (adjective) • Well, better, best (adverb) • Bad, worse, worst (adjective) • Badly, worse, worst (adverb) • According to our projections, sales at local businesses will be worserworse than those at the chain stores this winter.

  7. Double Comparatives or Superlatives • DON’T USE THEM!! • When you have added –eror–est to an adjective or adverb, do not also use more or most (or less or least). • Of all her family, Julia is the most happiest about the move. • All the polls indicated that Gore was more likelier to win than Bush.

  8. Absolute Concepts • Do not use expressions such as • More straight • Less perfect • Very round • Most unique • Absolute concepts don’t come in degrees! • That is the most unique unusual wedding gown I have ever seen. • The painting would have been even more priceless valuable had it been signed.

  9. No Double Negatives • Standard English allows two negatives ONLY if a positive meaning is intended. • The orchestra was not unhappy with its performance. • The orchestra was happy with its performance. • Negative modifiers such as never, no, and not should not be used with other negative modifiers or with negative words such as neither, none, no one, nobody, and nothing.

  10. For Example: • Management is not doing nothing anything to see that the trash is picked up. • The modifiers hardly, barely, and scarcely are considered negatives in standard English, so they should not be used with negatives such as not, no one, or never. • Maxine is so weak that she can’t can hardly climb stairs. By the Way. . .

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