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-er or more

Andreass

-er or more

livelier or more lively

frendlier or more friendly

14 Oct 2009

zambia09

Hi,

I always use friendlier, lovelier - by the rule that adjectives with -y ending have -ier/ -iest
ending.

Michaela

14 Oct 2009

alien boy

The way that English is spoken you can use either form.

If you were going to extend the comparatives to then you would be best to use:

lovely - lovelier - loveliest

friendly - friendlier - friendliest

It can be a little more awkward (although grammatically correct) to use the �most � comparatives naturally for many non-native speakers as �mos � is usually emphasised when used:

lovely - more lovely - most lovely

friendly - more friendly - most friendly

Generally a one or two syllable word will take �-er �, many two syllable words can use either form & three or more syllebles will take �more - �.

Regards,

15 Oct 2009

Andreass

thanks but this rule is just for adjectives or is this also possible with abverbs ?

slowly slowlier or more slowly?

15 Oct 2009