Guest  +  7640 Wed, 10 Sep 03 10:58 PM I remember being taught one uses 'more' instead of adding the 'r' at the end of certain descriptive words, yet I cannot remember the rule. Can anyone help? ex: I think she is nicer than your mother. I think she is more nice than your mother. She is more pretty. She is prettier. Thank you so much for offering this forum. Guest

	whl626  +  7650 Thu, 11 Sep 03 02:57 AM Adjectives that end in ' e ', only r is added eg : brave , ( braver ) white, ( whiter ) large, ( larger ) While they end in ' y ', the y is changed into ' i ' before ' er ' eg : happy, ( happier ) wealthy, ( wealthier ) While they end in a single consonant, preceded by a short vowel, then this consonant is doubled before ' er ' eg : red, ( redder ) hot, ( hotter ) fat, ( fatter ) :) Hope these examples can help to some extent whl626 Joined on Sun, Aug 24 2003 Regular Member 882 Learn English every day Vowels, Consonants

	geebeens  +  7691 Thu, 11 Sep 03 02:08 PM Comparatives. We use MORE with longer (more than one syllable) adjectives, for example, dangerous. Tigers are more dangerous than cats. We use MOST for superlatives. Tigers are the most dangerous animal. We NEVER use 'more better': good, better, best. Cats are better than dogs. Cats are the best! And: bad, worse, worst. Dogs are worse than cats. Dogs are the worst! geebeens Joined on Wed, Aug 20 2003 Junior Member 53

	david lyon  +  7695 Thu, 11 Sep 03 02:44 PM In addition you can increase the strength of a comparitive by adding the word 'much' before it. So to summarise the full scale with one regular and one irregular example. adj. comparitive adj. stronger comparitive adj. superlative adj. tall taller much taller The tallest bad worse much worse The worst Remember too, the superlative is unique by definition, and as with all unique things, we include the definate article, The; david lyon Joined on Tue, Aug 12 2003 Brindisi, Italia New Member 22 Visit Me Visit My School Articles

	david lyon  +  7847 Fri, 12 Sep 03 04:29 PM Giraffes are tall. dinosaurs are taller than giraffes. Buildings are much taller than both giraffes and dinosaurs. Mountains are the tallest. A Cold is bad. Influenza is worse. Cancer is much worse, than both a cold and influenza. Death is of course, the worst. (maybe bad is a bad example!!) david lyon

	whl626  +  22824 Thu, 19 Feb 04 07:08 AM We we'd like to put emphasis on ' better ' , we can use ' off '. eg. It is better off not to take risks for something not worthwhile. whl626