Grammar Usage: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

PERSONALITY WORDS:

AFFECTIONATE (adjective)

Showing feelings of fondness and care.

Examples: 

She is very affectionate towards old people.

Your affectionate and happy disposition makes you satisfied.

BLUNT (adjective)

Harsh, impolite. 

Saying in an impolite way without considering other people's feelings.

Examples: 

I'll be blunt - you're a big bore.

You speak polite rather than speaking blunt and hurting someone's feelings.

CYNICAL (adjective)

Not trusting the goodness of other people and their actions.

Examples: 

We must not be cynical towards all politicians and their good works.

Her broken relationships have made her cynical towards love.

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WRONG TO CORRECT USAGE:

WRONG: Our Neighbour is one of the most rudest man in our locality.

CORRECT: Our Neighbour is one of the rudest men in our locality.

WRONG: The medicine made her feel much more better.

CORRECT: The medicine made her feel much better.

GRAMMAR: We do not use an -er/-est form and more/most together.

More on this:

1. An 'adjective' is a word that tells what a person, thing, place, etc. is like.

(e.g. 'a tall woman', 'a blue pen')

2. Most one-syllable form their comparatives and superlatives with -er/-est.

(e.g. young - younger, tall - tallest)

 

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