[Grammar] stupid - stupider - more stupid

[virus99]

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!!

 

[Rover_KE]

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

 

[virus99]

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:

 

[TheParser]

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!!

***** 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]

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: