How do I correct this sentence for an English learner? 'It's the expensivest hotel in the city.'
It’s the expensivest hotel in the city.
a) Correction:
It’s the most expensive hotel in the city.
b) Identifying the correct pattern in English grammar that the learner is over-generalising:
Superlative adjectives are used to compare the size or quality of similar objects. The suffix –est is added to most words with one or two syllables to create a superlative adjective.
c) Why doesn’t the correct pattern apply in this case?
‘Expensive’ is an adjective that contains three syllables, so we do not add a suffix. Instead we put the word ‘most’ in front.
Could you please advise if this is correct and a good explanation? I am working on the pre-interview tasks for my CELTA application.
Many Thanks.
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paint walk 470 b) Identifying the correct pattern in English grammar that the learner is over-generalising:Superlative adjectives are used to compare the size or quality of similar objects. ‘Expensive’ is an adjective that contains three syllables, so we do not add a suffix. Could you please advise if this is correct and a good explanation?
- paint walk 470 b) Identifying the correct pattern in English grammar that the learner is over-generalising:Superlative adjectives are used to compare the size or quality of similar objects.
- ‘Expensive’ is an adjective that contains three syllables, so we do not add a suffix.
- Could you please advise if this is correct and a good explanation?
- That sounds adequate to me.
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paint walk 470b) Identifying the correct pattern in English grammar that the learner is over-generalising:Superlative adjectives are used to compare the size or quality of similar objects. The suffix –est is normally added to words with one or two syllables to create a superlative adjective.c) Why doesn’t the correct pattern apply in th
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