[Grammar] less happy vs. less happier

[vpkannan]

Hi,

We say 'more beautiful than' or 'less beautiful than', but how do we express similar expressions with regard to 'happy'?

For example, which of the following sentences are correct or incorrect?

1. She is less happy than her brother.
2. She is less happier than her brother.

Thanks.

 

[Raymott]

"She is less happier than her brother" means that she is less more happy than her brother.
We would never say this, or even refer to it much, but the concept makes sense. If A is happy, and B is happier than A, and C is even happier than B, then "C is even more happier than A than B is." (B is less more happy than A than C is.) This is logical but, because it's complicated, it's not something we'd say very often in general discourse - and we'd express it differently.

 

[emsr2d2]

As a general rule, don't use "more" or "less" with a comparative or a superlative.

He is rich. :tick:
He is rich. :tick:
He is richest. :tick:
He is more rich. :tick: (but "He is richer" is better.)
He is more richer. :cross:
He is more richest. :cross:

 

[jutfrank]

C is even more happier than A than B is. B is less more happy than A than C is.

A lesson in advanced comparatives from Raymott there. :up:

(Learners—do not try this at home!)

 

[vpkannan]

A lesson in advanced comparatives from Raymott there. :up:

(Learners—do not try this at home!)

I am much more happier than all of you because my post/question seems to have rarely resulted in making all of you a lot more happier than ever before.