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2. Language Features
a. Degree Comparison: Adjective or adverb can be used to compare things. It consists of

three levels of comparison: Positive degree, comparative degree and superlative degree.
b. Adjectives or adverbs in Degree of Comparison:

POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

Short vowels:
Wet wetter wettest

Big bigger biggest

Double vowels or double consonants:
Clean cleaner cleanest

Long longer longest

Words ending in e:
Nice nicer nicest

Simple simpler simplest
Words ending in -y:

Early earlier earliest

Pretty prettier prettiest
Words ending in -ful, -ing, -ed:

Useful more useful most useful

Boring more boring most boring
Tired more tired most tired

Words of three or more syllables:

Expensive more expensive most expensive
Comfortable more comfortable most comfortable

Exceptions:

Good /well better best
Bad worse worst

Many/much more most

Little/few less least
Far farther/further farthest/furthest

old older/elder oldest/eldest

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