INTRODUCTION
These sentences make comparisons between different things.
For the two ways of forming the comparative
and superlative (warmer, warmest or more/most convenient).
For irregular forms, e.g. good ->
better, best
We often use than after a comparative (more
convenient than .. ) for more details about patterns with the comparative and
superlative.
NOTE
Some people believe that we should use a
comparative for two items and the superlative for more than two. But in
informal English the superlative is often used to refer to one of only two
items.
Which of these two photos is better /best?
Regular comparison
These are the regular forms.
Short adjectives end in -er and -est. Long adjectives have more and most. For more details.
Then are some spelling rules-for -erl-est.
Thereisnodoublingofezfine->finer
There is doubling of some consonants: hot ->
hottest y changes to i: heavy-rhea:/ier
NOTE In formal Bngllsh a most .. . can mean ‘a very . . . ’. Compare these sentences. Superlalive. The train is the most convenient way to get from here to London. High degree: The train as a most convemlenz means of zramporn (= a very convenient means of transport)
