Tham khảo tài liệu 'the grammar book teacher course part 103', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Chapter 34 Degree-Comparatives and Equatives 721 Bose Form More slowly more slowly brusquely more brusquely sharply more sharply not slowlier not brusquelier not sharplier Fourth some adjectives that seem more suited to the periphrastic comparative form may also occur with an inflectional ending especially in informal use. These include two-syllable adjectives that a end in -er or -ure such as lender mature b end in a weakly stressed vowel followed by nothing more than a final d or t such as stupid quiet and c end in a weakly stressed syllable with final m or n such as handsome awesome common. Base Form tender More more tender tenderer stupid more stupid stupider handsomer more handsome handsomer common more common commoner Fifth adjectives and adverbs with two syllables having any ending other than those described previously as well as all adjectives and adverbs of three or more syllables take only the periphrastic form more Base Form More Adjective curious more curious pleasant more pleasant beautiful more beautiful Adverb skillfully more skillfully cautiously more cautiously independently more independently The rules above for the comparative inflection are not as rigid as those for the plural or past-tense inflections. We regularly hear English speakers use a periphrastic form for emphasis . Before this happened I didn t believe I could be more sad when the rule would predict the inflection. There is also some individual variation and thus some speakers may prefer quieter and stupider over more quiet and more stupid. Thus we speak of a tendency rather than a rule when discussing this phenomenon the variation that occurs among English speakers can be pailially explained by the fact that the second and fourth groups of adjectives and adverbs listed above can take both the periphrastic and the inflectional forms. Nonnative speakers should be taught the general tendencies and should also be alerted to the fact that the comparative affix -er is sometimes used by
