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For longer adjectives, typically those with two or more syllables, you use more or less before the adjective to form comparatives. This structure helps compare qualities or characteristics of different items or people.
Examples:
This book is more interesting than the one I read last week. More interesting is the comparative form of interesting, used to compare the level of interest between two books.
He is less experienced than his colleague. Less experienced is the comparative form of experienced, used to compare the amount of experience between two individuals.
Which of the following sentences correctly uses a comparative form for a long adjective?
This car is beautifuller than the other.
Beautiful is a long adjective; the correct comparative form is more beautiful, not beautifuller.
She felt more sadly than before.
Sad is a short adjective, so the correct form should be sadder, not more sadly.
He is intelligenter than his brother.
Intelligent is a long adjective; the correct comparative form is more intelligent, not intelligenter.
That solution is more practical than the one we tried yesterday.
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