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Yankee wrote: Goodman wrote: David, If the rules still hold true, I remember I was taught that if we have more than 2 syllables, we use “more”, as in “ more beautiful”, or “more efficient” in comparative speech . If we have adjectives with 2 or less syllables, we should add “er” to the word...

Goodman wrote:David, If the rules still hold true, I remember I was taught that if we have more than 2 syllables, we use “more”, as in “ more beautiful”, or “more efficient” in comparative speech . If we have adjectives with 2 or less syllables, we should add “er” to the word at the end , i.e....

Hi Joey1. er and est is added to nearly all monosylabic adjectives:He is older than me/I.2. Many disyllabic adjectives behave in the same way, especially those that end in y, ow, er or a consonant + le:We are happier than them/they.This is the narrowest street.Tom is cleverer than me/I.He asked a...

Pieanne wrote: Maybe "basicly" became "basically" for the sake of pronounciation, and by analogy with the other -ally adverbs? There may be a better reason, though, but I don't know it. Bonne journee, Pieanne! I thought so too, for the ease of proNUNciation. But to give it a second...

Science_guru wrote: Sweety_pudding wrote: i think of and off just looks like earchother.. I don't agree with this. In fact I don't see any relation between "of" and "off" "of" is a preposition e.g. President of America, son of Mr. List. "off" is an adjective meaning "not in operation"...

There is no rule. Words with these prefixes have come about through accidents of history. The most usual is "un-", but always consult a dictionary. The following does not really answer your question, but you may find it somewhat useful anyway, especially if you're willing to work to dig some...