New Hello - Second Year - Unit 6

[Essam Wahba]

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة Essam ABDOU

Dear Mr. Essam,

Masha`allah, you`ll be envied for your knowledge and speed.

I don`t think you would mind a little suggestion:

Please add the difference between older - elder and oldest - eldest

More clarification and differentiation between:

a bit / slightly / a little + comparative

a lot / far / much + comparative

But by far + superlative

Best Regards

Mr. Essam Abdou
Thank you so much for the remarks. I always miss something. Following are a few more remarks on adjectives. Perhaps some of us will find them useful

1-Other words used with comparatives:
No – any – rather – even
Is your mother any better today?
Your cooking is even worse than Ali's.




We do not use the with the superlative if there is a possessive
Zewail's greatest achievement was the discovery of the femto second.

We can modify superlative with by far, easily and nearly.
Mario's is by far the best restaurant in town.
I'm nearly the oldest in the class.


A few two-syllable adjectives can take either -er/-est or more/most. Here are the most common examples:
common – narrow – pleasant – simple – quiet – stupid – clever - polite

Comparatives can also occur after be and other link verbs like become, e.g.:
The street has become quieter since they left.

You should be more sensible

Ordinal numbers are often used with superlatives to indicate that something has more of a particular quality than most others of its kind, e

It’s the third largest city in the country

The adjectives ill and well, describing bad and good health, have irregular comparative forms. The comparative of ill is worse, and the comparative of well is better, e.g.: She’s feeling much better/worse today.

When we compare two descriptions, we usually use more. Here comparatives with –er are not possible.
She is more lazy than stupid.

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Adjective
http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?docid=144846
http://www.eslbase.com/grammar/comparative-superlative

The following book is a wonderful reference
Practical English Usage – 3rd Edition
http://www.4shared.com/file/90005044/1a6a6871/OXFORD_2005_PracticalEnglishUsage_3ed_.html?s=1


http://www.4shared.com/get/95046831/9e5f7d08/Practical_English_Usage_3ed_-_Oxford_2005.html

[Essam Wahba]

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