[Grammar] 2nd & 3rd degree of adjectives

[Jadoon 84]

I didn't find the second & third degrees of the following 14 adjectives in my dictionary, please teach me them.
1, interesting
2, same
3, top
4, handsome
5, tired
6, favorite
7, serious
8, boring
9, expensive
10, difficult
11, dangerous
12, different
13, last and
14 bottom

Regards

 

[Rover_KE]

You try first.

Careful! Some of those have no comparative/superlative form.

Rover

 

[5jj]

1, interesting
4, handsome
5, tired
7, serious
8, boring
9, expensive
10, difficult
11, dangerous

Like many adjectives with two or more syllables, all of these use 'more' and 'most' for their comparative and superlative forms.

 

[Jadoon 84]

Sir
Are they so? Please make corrections.

1, interesting - more interesting and more interesting
2, same ?
3, top - topper and toppest
4, handsome - more handsome and most handsome
5, tired ?
6, favorite ?
7, serious more serious and most serious
8, boring ?
9, expensive more expensive and most expensive
10, difficult more difficult and most difficult
11, dangerous more dangerous and most dangerous
12, different more different and most different
13, last and ?
14 bottom ?
Thank you very much.

 

[BobK]

Sir
Are they so? Please make corrections.

1, interesting - more interesting and more interesting:tick:
2, same ? You have to use 'more' and 'most', BUT you also need to change the adjective: more same; it's 'more similar'
3, top - topper and toppest :cross: 'top' and 'bottom' are extremes already
4, handsome - more handsome and most handsome :tick:
5, tired ? 'more' and 'most'
6, favorite ? It's extreme already: more favorite makes no sense. You can say 'more favoured', but what is 'more favoured' is less 'favoured' than 'favorite'
7, serious more serious and most serious :tick:
8, boring ? 'More/most boring'
9, expensive more expensive and most expensive :tick:
10, difficult more difficult and most difficult :tick:
11, dangerous more dangerous and most dangerous :tick:
12, different more different and most different :tick:
13, last and ? It's extreme already
14 bottom ?________ "
Thank you very much.

Extremes don't have degrees: you can't have something that's 'more best'.

'Top' and 'bottom' have special (slightly archaic - rarely used) words that emphasis their 'extreme'ness: 'topmost' and 'bottom-most' (though 'bottom-most' is rarely needed: the top rung of a ladder can also be 'the topmost rung'; but I think I'd say 'the first rung' instead of the 'bottom' one. This '-most' suffix can also be used with 'utter' to give 'uttermost' - usually abbreviated to 'utmost'

b

 

[5jj]

Sir As we have said before, no greeting is necessary - and many of the members who respond to questions are female.

I gave the answers to those I have coloured blue in an earlier post. Those I have coloured red have no comparative or superlative forms. They wouldn't work logically.

1, interesting - more interesting and more interesting
2, same ?
3, top - topper and toppest
4, handsome - more handsome and most handsome
5, tired ?
6, favorite ? Logically this cannot have a comparative or superlative form, though some people, especially children, use 'most favourite' informally
7, serious more serious and most serious
8, boring ?
9, expensive more expensive and most expensive
10, difficult more difficult and most difficult
11, dangerous more dangerous and most dangerous
13, last and ?
14 bottom ?

5

 

[TheParser]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Hello, Jadoon:

1. I believe that sometimes you have a choice. It might depend on what sound pleases the writer.

a. The Parser is handsomer than Tom. The Parser is the handsomest of all the men.

The Parser is more handsome than Tom. The Parser is the most handsome of the lot.

b. Mona is politer than Maria. Mona is the politest of the lot.

Mona is more polite than Maria. Mona is the most polite of all the students.

2. One expert (Dr. Randolph Quirk* ) says that (for many speakers) you may use more/most or -er/-est with these adjectives:

quiet
common
solid
cruel
wicked
polite
pleasant
handsome

*****

Footnote on page 462 in the 1985 edition of A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language.


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