positive degree
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English has three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative. For short adjectives, English adds the suffix "-er" to an adjective to form the comparative degree, and adds "-est" to form the superlative degree. For adjectives longer than about two syllables, and for adverbs, English precedes the word with "more" for the comparative and "most" for the superlative.
Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
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wise | wiser | wisest |
beautiful | more beautiful | most beautiful |
slow (adjective) | slower | slowest |
slowly (adverb) | more slowly | most slowly |
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