Take a look at comparative adjectives and find out how they are used to compare people or things. 1. One-syllable adjectives are changed to ‘adjective + er’ ‘Big’ becomes ‘bigger’ ‘Whales are bigger ...

Two recent related questions prompted this post: one on whether "funner" is a word, and one on "stupider" vs. "more stupid." (Thanks, @kellidubya and @joshwood)Apples are crunchier than oranges. These ...

Babak Bagheri studying English in Canada writes: As you know, two-syllable adjectives ending in -y take the suffixes-ier and -iest for their comparitive and superlative forms. But what do you do when ...

For comparisons that are negative or downward, ‘less’ and ‘least’ are used before the positive form of the modifier. To make your writing clear and concise, be careful to avoid using two modifiers ...

The water in the pool was colder than I expected it to be on what was the hottest day of the year. They always go to the most expensive restaurants where you can see the most glamorous people in the ...

Kim from South Korea writes: In a BBC article on a business news web page, a journalist wrote: "The emerging markets that investors can easily put money into seem a lot more risky than they did." ...