When we compare two or more nouns, we
make use of comparative adjectives and superlative
adjectives. We use the following three forms of comparison when we compare
two or more nouns.
The absolute form
We use the absolute degree to describe a noun or to
compare two equal things or persons.
Examples:
o
My uncle is bald.
o
My uncle is as bald as a
cue ball.
o
His head is big.
o
His head is as big as my
head.
o
His wife-to-be is very charming.
o
His ex-wife is not as charming
as his wife-to-be.
The comparative form
When comparing two nouns, we use a
comparative form of adjective to describe how one person or thing is when
compared to another person or thing. In making such a comparison, we have
to use the word than to show that one noun is bigger,
longer, taller, etc. than the other one.
Examples:
o
A hen's egg is bigger than a
pigeon's egg.
o
Our fingers are longer than our
toes.
o
This basketball player is taller
than that footballer.
o
She says her pet hen walks faster
than her pet duck.
o
His head is bigger than my
head.
The superlative form
When comparing three or more nouns, we use a superlative form of adjective.
We use the word the when using the superlative adjective to
compare.
Examples:
o
My great grandfather is the
oldest one in the family.
o
She has the prettiest face
in the whole school.
o
He talks the loudest in
his circle of friends.
o
Bozo is the funniest clown
in the circus.
o
His head is the biggest in
the family.
More and most
We can use the words more and most in
front of an adjective to form respectively the comparative and superlative.
Use the adverbial more with most adjectives that have two or
more syllables, and most with all adjectives that have more
than two or more syllables. For example, the word big has one
syllable, funny has two syllables, and beautiful has three
syllables. Regardless of the number of syllables, the adjective itself does
not change in form when used with more or most.
Two syllables
·
She is more careless with
money than her husband is.
·
Sometimes, she was the most
cheerful person in the office.
Three syllables
·
The professor is more forgetful than
his students are.
·
That is the most foolish thing
he has ever done.
We use the Comparative degree to compare two
unequal nouns.
·
Example: His house is bigger than my house.
We use the Superlative degree to compare three or
more Nouns.
·
Example: His house is the biggest in the neighbourhood
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