Punctuation is optional. Contractions are recognized. Times normalize to “8:00 pm”.
| Short adj (1 syllable): tall → taller |
| Adj ending -y: happy → happier |
| 2+ syllables: use more → more careful |
| Irregular: good → better, bad → worse |
Double final consonant when CVC: thin → thinner, big → bigger.
| Short adj: tall → the tallest |
| -y → funny → the funniest |
| 2+ syllables: the most → the most useful |
| Irregular: good → the best, bad → the worst |
Use of before a set: “the tallest of the three”; often in + place/time: “the hottest month of the year; the hottest day of the week”.