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Forming the degrees of comparison of the given adjectives

Positive Comparative Superlative

dry drier driest
happy happier happiest

heavy heavier heaviest

pretty prettier prettiest
merry merrier merriest

Rule 4. If the positive degree ends in y, and the y is preceded by a consonant, the y is changed
into i, and –er and –est are added to form the comparative and superlative degrees.

Remember
But if the y is preceded by a vowel, the y is not changed into i, when –er and –est are added.

Positive Comparative Superlative

gay gayer gayest
grey greyer greyest

Forming the Degrees of Comparison of the given Adjectives

Positive Comparative Superlative

beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
courageous more courageous most courageous

intelligent more intelligent most intelligent

pleasant more pleasant most pleasant
Rule 5. All adjectives of more than two syllables and many adjectives of two syllables form
the comparative degree by adding the word more to the positive, and the superlative by

adding the word most to the positive.
Forming more Adjectives form their Comparatives and Superlatives in an Irregular Way

Positive Comparative Superlative

bad, Ill worse worst
far farther farthest

good, well better best

late later, latter latest, last

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