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Joey_five Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

comparative adjective that can add "more" or add "-er"

0For my pwn experience, it seems some adjectives can take "more" or the suffix "-er" in the comparative form...eg02br
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00more stupid, stupider; more common, commoner; more politer, more polite02br
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00Is there any rules concerning the comparative and superlative forms of the adjective? Are some of the examples above are actually mistakes??02br
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00Thank you in advance.0-
  

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0 Hi Joey02br
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001.01i00 er 02i00and 01i00est02i00 is added to nearly all 01font00monosylabic02font00 adjectives:02br
00He is 01font00old02font00er than me/I.02br
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002. Many disyllabic adjectives behave
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