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Degrees of Comparison

short words: -er, -est big – bigg er – the bigg est thin – thinn er – the thinn est short – short er – the short est
words ending in – y: -ier, -iest easy – eas ier – the eas iest happy – happ ier – the happi est heavy – heav ier – the heav iest
long words: more, the most important – more important – the most important general – more general – the most general
both ways for some adjectives (stupid, gentle, friendly, cruel, common, pleasant, quiet, shallow) simpler – the simplest simple more simple- the most simple narrower – the narrowest narrow more narrow – the most narrow cleverer – the cleverest clever more clever – the most clever
real right wrong real - more real- the most real right - more right - the most right wrong- more wrong - the most wrong
a bit/ a littlе + comparative (немного)   a bit bigger older more difficult   than
much/ a lot/ far + comparative (намного, гораздо) It’s much cheaper. – Это намного дешевле. The film is far better than the book. – Фильм гораздо лучше, чем книга.
By far + superlative (гораздо) He is by far the best student in the class. – Он гораздо лучше, чем все остальные студенты.

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