Some disyllabic adjectives follow two rules (i.e., they take -er and -est OR more/the most). For example: Clever Gentle Friendly Quiet Simple Narrow Irregular Comparative/Superlative Adjectives Good better the best – – Bad worse the worst – – Far further the furthest to refer to a greater degree (can be used adverbially to – – mean in addition) (e.g. That's the furthest for my mind) Far farther the farthest to refer to distance only (e.g. My house is farther from – – school than yours.) Old the eldest when referring to someone in the family – – Old older the oldest general use – – Little less the least – – Many more the most – – Comparative/Superlative Adverbs Monosyllabic adverbs add / –er –est Faster the fastest – Harder the hardest – Other adverbs add more / the most
Some disyllabic adjectives follow two rules (i.e., they take -er and -est OR more/the most). For example: Clever Gentle Friendly Quiet Simple Narrow Irregular Comparative/Superlative Adjectives Good – better – the best Bad – worse – the worst Far – further – the furthest to refer to a greater degree (can be used adverbially to mean in addition) (e.g. That's the furthest for my mind) Far – farther – the farthest to refer to distance only (e.g. My house is farther from school than yours.) Old – – the eldest when referring to someone in the family Old – older – the oldest general use Little – less – the least Many – more – the most Comparative/Superlative Adverbs Monosyllabic adverbs add –er / –est Faster – the fastest Harder – the hardest Other adverbs add more / the most
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