Grammar Rules · Comparatives and superlatives
Comparatives and superlatives.
Use one comparison marker, not two. Short adjectives take -er/-est ("faster", "fastest"); long ones take more/most ("more useful"). Never combine them: "more better" and "most easiest" are always wrong.
Wrong → right
| Common mistake | Corrected |
|---|---|
| This laptop is more better than mine. | This laptop is better than mine. |
| It was the most easiest task on the list. | It was the easiest task on the list. |
| The new app is more fast than the old one. | The new app is faster than the old one. |
| Traffic is worst today than yesterday. | Traffic is worse today than yesterday. |
| This is the more important slide in the deck. | This is the most important slide in the deck. |
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