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.Add -er to short adjectives (one or two syllables) to rank unitsof two:Julian is nicer than Sam.b.Add -est to short adjectives (one or two syllables) to rankunits of three or more:Of the fifty people I know, Julian is the kindest.c.Add the word more to long adjectives (three or more syllables)to rank units of two.My hometown is more beautiful than yours.d.Add the word most to long adjectives (three or more syllables)to rank units of three or more.My hometown is the most beautiful in all America.Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning.All Rights Reserved.May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed fromthe eBook and/or eChapter(s).Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience.Cengage Learning reserves the right to removeadditional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it.Comparative and Superlative Forms 1412.Some adjectives are irregular in the way they change to showcomparison.Positive Comparative Superlative(one) (two) (three or more)good better bestbad worse worstAdverbs1.For most adverbs, use the word more before the comparativeform (two) and the word most before the superlative form (threeor more).Pedro performed skillfully.(modifier)Pedro performed more skillfully than Kari.(comparative modifier)But Lorena performed most skillfully of all.(superlative modifier)2.Avoid double negatives.Words such as no, not, none, nothing,never, hardly, barely, and scarcely should not be combined.DOUBLE NEGATIVE I do not have no time for recreation.(incorrect)SINGLE NEGATIVE I have no time for recreation.(correct)DOUBLE NEGATIVE I ve hardly never lied.(incorrect)SINGLE NEGATIVE I ve hardly ever lied.(correct)3.Do not confuse adjectives with adverbs.Among the most com-monly confused adjectives and adverbs are good/well,bad/badly, and real/really.The words good, bad, and real are al-ways adjectives.Well is sometimes an adjective.The wordsbadly and really are always adverbs.Well is usually an adverb.To distinguish these words, consider what is being modified.Remember that adjectives modify nouns and pronouns and thatadverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.WRONG I feel badly today.(We re concerned with the conditionof I.)RIGHT I feel bad today.(The adjective bad modifies the pro-noun I.)WRONG Jasmine feels well about that choice.(We re concernedwith the condition of she.)RIGHT Jasmine feels good about that choice.(The adjectivegood modifies the pronoun she.)Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning.All Rights Reserved.May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed fromthe eBook and/or eChapter(s).Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience.Cengage Learning reserves the right to removeadditional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it.142 Chapter 9 Adjectives and AdverbsWRONG Wyatt plays the piano good.(The adjective good modifiesthe verb plays, but adjectives should not modify verbs.)RIGHT Wyatt plays the piano well.(The adverb well modifiesthe verb plays.)WRONG He did real well.(Here the adjective real modifies theadverb well, but adjectives should not modify adverbs.)RIGHT He did really well.(The adverb really modifies the ad-verb well.)4.Do not use an adverb such as very, more, or most before adjec-tives such as perfect, round, unique, square, and straight.WRONG It is more round.RIGHT It is round.RIGHT It is more nearly round.Exercise 4 Selecting Adjectives and AdverbsUnderline the correct word or words.1.Betty Skelton was one of the (most, more) successful femalestunt pilots of the 1940s and 1950s.2.In the 1930s and 1940s, the public was (real, really) interestedin watching acrobatic air shows.3.Skelton was (not hardly, hardly) going to sit there and watchthe men have all the fun.4.She wanted (bad, badly) to learn to fly, and she was (real, really)adventurous, so she learned to perform daredevil feats.5.Her small, agile airplane, which was named Little Stinker,performed tricks (well, good).6.One of her (better, best) stunts was the inverted ribbon cut.Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning.All Rights Reserved.May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed fromthe eBook and/or eChapter(s).Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience.Cengage Learning reserves the right to removeadditional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it.Comparative and Superlative Forms 1437.It was a (real, really) thrill to watch her fly upside down twelvefeet off the ground and use her propeller to slice a foil stripstrung between two poles.8.The crowd could (not hardly, hardly) contain its excitement.9.She earned only $25 for each air show, so the pay was(bad, badly).10.But according to Betty, her six-year acrobatic flying career wasthe (more, most) fun time in her life [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]