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most. In some cases, a word can take either the suffixes or the extra word.

Adjective Comparative Superlative

busy busier busiest

expensive more expensive most expensive

green greener greenest
slanted more slanted most slanted

fun funner, more fun funnest, most fun (see
section 17.9)

11.3 Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives

Just as with so many other things in English, the language has kept some old
forms from way back in history.

Adjective Comparative Superlative
bad worse worst

far farther, further farthest, furthest

good better best

little littler, less, lesser littlest, least
much more most

11.4 Proper Adjectives

Proper adjectives are derived from proper nouns, which are the names of
people, places, and things (see section 8.7, Proper Nouns). By proper we mean

“specific” rather than “formal” or “polite.” They allow us to summarize a
concept in just one word. Instead of writing cooking done according to French

tradition, we can write French cooking. Proper adjectives tend to be capitalized
and are often made with -an, -esque, or -ian suffixes.