Tham khảo tài liệu 'especial style 5', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 84 70 7 Some two-syllable adjectives have two comparatives and superlatives for example commoner more common- politest most polite. We usually prefer the forms with more and most. For information about how to use comparatives and superlatives see 85. How to make Comparative Adjectives 85 85 comparison using comparatives and superlatives 1 The difference between comparatives and superlatives We use the comparative to compare one person or thing with an other person s or thmg s . We use the superlative to compare one person or thing with his her its whole group. Compare Mary s taller than her three sisters. Mary s the tallest of the four girls. Your accent is worse than mine. Your accent is the worst in the class. Paul is older than Charles. Sally is younger than Paul. Albert is older than Sally. Charles is younger than Sally. Paul is younger than Eric. Eric is older than Albert. Who is the oldest Who is the youngest Mary s taller than her three sisters. Mary s the tallest of the four girls. the oldest the youngest 2 We use than after comparatives. The weather s better than yesterday. NOT . . . better as yesterday OR better that yesterday You sing better than me. OR . than I do. For and me etc after than see . 86 72 3 We can use double comparatives to say that something is changing. adjective -er and adjective -er more and more adjective adverb I m getting fatter and fatter We re going more and more slowly. NOT . more slowlyand more slowly. 4 We can use comparatives with the . the . . to say that two things change or vary together. the comparative subject verb the comparative subject verb The older I get the happier I am. NOT Older I get . . The more dangerous it is the more I like it. NOT The more it is dangerous . . . The more I study the less I learn. 5 After superlatives we do not usually use of to refer to a place. I m the happiest man in the world. NOT 6 Don t leave out the with superlatives. It s the best book I ve ever read. NOT It s best book . . . 7 We
