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Hello everybody, Today I was teaching the comparative form of the adjectives, and I came upon a question. Everyone knows that the 1 an 2 syllable adjectives get an -er at the end, and the 3 or more syllable ones get the word "more" in front of them. Then why is "famous" different? We say more famous, not "famouser"although it is a 2 syllable adjective...Can�t figure it out...please take me out of my misery :)
Dear K, The comparative is formed by adding the syllable -er if the adjective is short (i.e. has one or two syllables and ends in -er, -le, -ow, -y. Greetings from Austria, r
I was also taught that adjectives that are derived from other words and have endings (like "famous" is derived from "fame") get "more" and "the most" and not the endings "-er" and "the -est". BTW I�ve been wondering what to do with "slowly". Does anybody know if we say: slowly - slowlier - the slowliest or slowly - more slowly - the most slowly
and the same with e.g. "friendly" Does the rule about adjectives ending in -y apply here, or the rule about derivatives?
