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Collins Cobuild English Grammar (190 page)
However, you do not do this with two-syllable adjectives.
| clever |  | cleverer | | the cleverest |
| stupid | | stupider | | the stupidest |
If an adjective ends in
e
, you remove the
e
when adding
er
or
est
.
| wide | | wider | | the widest |
| simple | | simpler | | the simplest |
Note that with adjectives ending in
le
, the comparative and superlative have two syllables, not three. For example,
simpler
(from
simple
/′S
I
mpǝl/
) is pronounced
/′S
I
mpǝl/
.
If an adjective ends in a consonant letter followed by
y
, you replace the
y
with
i
when adding
er
or
est
.
| dry | | drier | | the driest |
| angry | | angrier | | the angriest |
| unhappy | | unhappier | | the unhappiest |
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