V virus99 Member Joined Jun 14, 2011 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Twi Home Country Bhutan Current Location Tuvalu Jun 28, 2011 #1 Hi! Can we choose in this case. Or do we have to use one in particular? Does it count for all adjectives with 2 syllables? Thanks in advance!!
Hi! Can we choose in this case. Or do we have to use one in particular? Does it count for all adjectives with 2 syllables? Thanks in advance!!
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Jun 28, 2011 #2 You might hear stupider informally or colloquially, but stick to more stupid for formal use. If the two-syllable adjective ends in -y, like funny, it becomes funnier/funniest. This site sums it up neatly. Rover Last edited: Jun 28, 2011
You might hear stupider informally or colloquially, but stick to more stupid for formal use. If the two-syllable adjective ends in -y, like funny, it becomes funnier/funniest. This site sums it up neatly. Rover
V virus99 Member Thread starter Joined Jun 14, 2011 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Twi Home Country Bhutan Current Location Tuvalu Jun 28, 2011 #3 Found a rule - with two syllables you also use more and most except for words with the ending -y or -er. :up: dirty dirtier clever cleverer :up:
Found a rule - with two syllables you also use more and most except for words with the ending -y or -er. :up: dirty dirtier clever cleverer :up:
T TheParser VIP Member Joined Dec 8, 2009 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jun 28, 2011 #4 virus99 said: Hi! Can we choose in this case. Or do we have to use one in particular? Does it count for all adjectives with 2 syllables? Thanks in advance!! Click to expand... ***** NOT A TEACHER ***** Hello, (1) I have read that there is at least one time when you must use the "more" version of an adjective: when comparing two qualities of a person: Tom: I think that James is rude. Martha: Not really! Tom: What do you mean? You know how he acts. Martha: Actually, he is more stupid than rude. ("He is stupider than rude" is reportedly not acceptable to most native speakers.) James
virus99 said: Hi! Can we choose in this case. Or do we have to use one in particular? Does it count for all adjectives with 2 syllables? Thanks in advance!! Click to expand... ***** NOT A TEACHER ***** Hello, (1) I have read that there is at least one time when you must use the "more" version of an adjective: when comparing two qualities of a person: Tom: I think that James is rude. Martha: Not really! Tom: What do you mean? You know how he acts. Martha: Actually, he is more stupid than rude. ("He is stupider than rude" is reportedly not acceptable to most native speakers.) James
V virus99 Member Thread starter Joined Jun 14, 2011 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Twi Home Country Bhutan Current Location Tuvalu Jun 28, 2011 #5 Very nice add-on, James. In your example stupid is not inceased but compared to another adjective (more X than X). Which is a good contribution. Thank you, James :up:
Very nice add-on, James. In your example stupid is not inceased but compared to another adjective (more X than X). Which is a good contribution. Thank you, James :up:
