 irregular comparatives
I have found in some sources that the adjective "simple" has two comparative forms:
1. more simple than (because it is a two syllable word) and
2. simpler
the same goes with adjectives like: pleasant, common, narrow and quiet.
I have also read that the comparative form of "unhappy" is "unhappier" and "unpleasant" turns to "unpleasanter"
I need to know if this information is correct because I read a lot of sources that contradict each other.
Another question is about the word "further" is it really the comparative form of the adjective "far" or is it an independent adjective that coincidently has the form of a comparative? It seems to me that because of its resemblance to "farther" it is mistakenly considered as another comparative form of far.
After all "further" always appears before a noun and it never appears with "than" after it.
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