Adverbs / degrees of comparison
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Most sources explain degrees of comparison for adverbs as follows:
1-syllable adverbs get -er / -est (harder / hardest)
2-syllable adverbs ending with -ly get more / most (except "early")
Some have two forms (often, quickly, slowly)
But I failed to find any information on 2-syllable adverbs ending differently (not with -ly), e.g. "seldom". How should I make up degrees of comparison for such adverbs: seldomer or more seldom, or both?
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g. "seldom". How should I make up degrees of comparison for such adverbs: seldomer or more seldom, or both?
- g.
- "seldom".
- How should I make up degrees of comparison for such adverbs: seldomer or more seldom, or both?
- Use 'more'.
- Words like 'seldomer' dropped largely out of use by the end of the nineteenth century.
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Maria Dinformation on 2-syllable adverbs ending differently (not with -ly), e.g. "seldom". How should I make up degrees of comparison for such adverbs: seldomer or more seldom, or both?
Use 'more'. Words like 'seldomer' dropped largely out of use by the end of the nineteenth century.
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