Comparisons: Comparative versus Superlative Degrees

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Comparisons Comparative versus Superlative
Degrees
Mini-Lesson 45 UWF Writing Lab
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What are the degrees?

• The comparative degree is used in the comparison
  of two things and is made by adding er to the
  word or by using more or less with that word.
• The superlative degree is used in the comparison
  of three or more things and is made by adding
  est to the word or by using most or least with
  that word.
• NOTE Both methods of making a word form its
  comparative or superlative degree should never be
  used at the same time.

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What not to do!

• Never combine more with a word that has er
  attached to it. For example more friendlier
• Never combine most with a word that has est
  attached to it. For example most friendliest

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Examples of the comparative degree

• The tarantula is bigger than the black widow
  spider.
• Funnel-web spiders are more aggressive than
  red-back spiders.
• The wolf-spiders bite is riskier than the
  trap-door spiders.

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Examples of superlative degrees

• Of all spiders in the world, the Goliath
  bird-eating spider is the biggest.
• Daddy-long-legs spiders are the least dangerous
  spiders.
• Spiders are the creepiest insects in the world.

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You figure it out!

• The beetle is the most friendliest insect.
• The housefly is the busier of all bugs.
• Ladybugs practice a form of cannibalism they
  often eat other bugs and are considered the
  biggest rival.
• Fleas are the more annoying of all other bugs.

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Howd you do?

• The beetle is the friendliest insect.
• The housefly is the busiest of all bugs.
• Ladybugs practice a form of cannibalism they
  often eat other bugs and are considered the
  biggest rival of all other bugs.
• Fleas are the most annoying of all other bugs.

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