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Ask for help > COMPARATIVE OF "FRIENDLY"
COMPARATIVE OF "FRIENDLY"
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ascincoquinas
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COMPARATIVE OF "FRIENDLY"
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Hello everybody! I have been correcting some compositions... and came across with the following comparative: " more friendly...". One of my pupils say it �s absolutely correct but I have been taught differently: Friendlier. Am I wrong? Or can I accept my student �s answer. Thans so much for your help. Ascincoquinas. |
15 Oct 2015
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Tapioca
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I �d definitely accept �more friendly �. I use that myself, much more often than �friendlier � which feels a bit awkward to me. |
15 Oct 2015
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gaddeh
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Hi colleague. friendlier is the correct com form and check the Oxford dictionary. Moreover, we know the rule of a 2- syllable adj and ends in y ,the y chnages into i and add er (example: easy - easier we don �t say more easy) thank u in advance. |
16 Oct 2015
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Tapioca
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@gaddeh Unfortunately, that is not a hard and fast rule, and in fact "more friendly � is completely acceptable. Cambridge English Prepare! Level 4 Student �s Book
By James Styring, Nicholas Tims Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
By Roshan McArthur Paperback Oxford English Dictionary
By Oxford Dictionaries,, Maurice Waite (entry for �familiar �) |
16 Oct 2015
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cunliffe
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Both are fine. The usual convention is 2 syllable words take �er � and �est �. Sometimes this is not observed. |
16 Oct 2015
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Tapioca
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Just in case my previous answer wasn �t clear Ascincoquinas, both forms are acceptable. Most often we add �er � and �est � to words of more than one syllable, but �friendly is an exception. |
16 Oct 2015
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petite-maman
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1 syllable + ER 2 syllables ending is -y, -ow, -y + ER other words in 2 syllables MORE + adj 3 syllables or more MORE + adj |
16 Oct 2015
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ascincoquinas
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Thanks a lot for the help. Ascincoquinas. |
16 Oct 2015
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lago
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Hello. Both are correct. Have a nice weekend! |
16 Oct 2015
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Tapioca
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So how does this work exactly...I am trying to figure it out. We reply to the original poster without reading or making any reference to the previous answers? And you don �t back up your opinion with any evidence? Well, hmmmm...that doesn �t seem very efficient but here goes... �More friendly � and �friendlier � are both correct. Okay, who �s next? |
16 Oct 2015
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cunliffe
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Tap, go and have a lie down;-) We all like to chip in; there�s no harm in it. |
16 Oct 2015
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