{"id":7810,"date":"2013-09-06T23:05:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T23:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=7810"},"modified":"2025-11-28T16:06:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T22:06:37","slug":"adverb-unequal-comparisons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/adverb-unequal-comparisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Adverb Unequal Comparisons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id=\"mmDeferVideoEncompass_ixHexbfjN0M\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\n\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.png\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> \n\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" id=\"videoThumbnailImage_ixHexbfjN0M\" data-source-videoID=\"ixHexbfjN0M\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.png\" alt=\"Adverb Unequal Comparisons Video\" height=\"720\" width=\"1280\" class=\"size-full\" data-matomo-title = \"Adverb Unequal Comparisons\">\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<style>img#videoThumbnailImage_ixHexbfjN0M:hover {cursor:pointer;} img#videoThumbnailImage_ixHexbfjN0M {background-size:contain;background-image:url(\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/adverb-tumb.webp\");}<\/style>\n\t\t\t<script defer>\n\t\t\t  jQuery(\"img#videoThumbnailImage_ixHexbfjN0M\").click(function() {\n\t\t\t\tlet videoId = jQuery(this).attr(\"data-source-videoID\");\n\t\t\t\tlet helpTag = '<div id=\"mmDeferVideoYTMessage_ixHexbfjN0M\" style=\"display: none;position: absolute;top: -24px;width: 100%;text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size: small;border-top: 1px solid #fc0;\">Having trouble? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v='+videoId+'\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to watch on YouTube.<\/a><\/span><\/div>';\n\t\t\t\tlet tag = document.createElement(\"iframe\");\n\t\t\t\ttag.id = \"yt\" + videoId;\n\t\t\t\ttag.src = \"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/\" + videoId + \"?autoplay=1&controls=1&wmode=opaque&rel=0&egm=0&iv_load_policy=3&hd=0&enablejsapi=1\";\n\t\t\t\ttag.frameborder = 0;\n\t\t\t\ttag.allow = \"autoplay; fullscreen\";\n\t\t\t\ttag.width = this.width;\n\t\t\t\ttag.height = this.height;\n\t\t\t\ttag.setAttribute(\"data-matomo-title\",\"Adverb Unequal Comparisons\");\n\t\t\t\tjQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoEncompass_ixHexbfjN0M\").html(tag);\n\t\t\t\tjQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoEncompass_ixHexbfjN0M\").prepend(helpTag);\n\t\t\t\tsetTimeout(function(){jQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoYTMessage_ixHexbfjN0M\").css(\"display\", \"block\");}, 2000);\n\t\t\t  });\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<div class=\"accordion\"><input id=\"transcript\" type=\"checkbox\" class=\"spoiler_button\" \/><label for=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/label>\n<div class=\"spoiler\" id=\"transcript-spoiler\">\n<p>Adverbs can be used to compare and contrast this similar action. The comparative form of a word is used to compare two actions, and the superlative form of a word is used to refer to one in a group of three or more that is the outstanding example of the action.<\/p>\n<p>When we&#8217;re dealing with one-syllable adverbs, we use the suffix <em>-er<\/em> or <em>-est<\/em>, or we use the words <em>less<\/em> or <em>least<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Say we have the word <em>late<\/em>. To get to the comparative form of the word <em>late<\/em>, we just add the suffix <em>-er<\/em> to make it <em>later<\/em>. If we have two people and one person is late by an hour and the other person is late by two hours, we refer to the person late by two hours as being the later one.<\/p>\n<p>Then if we have three or more people and one person is late by three hours, we refer to them as being the latest person. That&#8217;s a superlative form. We&#8217;re just adding these suffixes, and for later, we&#8217;re just adding <em>-r<\/em>, and forf <em>latest<\/em>, we&#8217;re just adding <em>-st<\/em> because we already had <em>e<\/em> from <em>late<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, to look at this with a more negative sense, you could use the words <em>less<\/em> or <em>least<\/em>. You could refer to one person as being less late and another person is being at least late.<\/p>\n<p>Now, when you have an advert with two or more syllables, you don&#8217;t use a suffix anymore; you just use the words <em>more<\/em> or <\/em>most<\/em>, or <em>less<\/em> or <em>least<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We have the word <em>carefully<\/em>. If two people both do something carefully, you would say that one person did it <strong>more<\/strong> carefully. You could also say that one person did it <strong>less<\/strong> carefully, depending on how you want to look at it.<\/p>\n<p>With the superlative form, if you have three or more, you would refer to one person as doing it the <strong>most<\/strong> carefully. Then, you can refer to the person who wasn&#8217;t very careful as being the as doing something the <strong>least<\/strong> carefully.<\/p>\n<p>Now, we do something called regular adverbs. What I mean by irregular is that they&#8217;re irregular in the way you form the comparative and superlative forms of the adverb.<\/p>\n<p>For example, we have the word <em>well<\/em>. Now, the comparative form of the word <em>well<\/em> is <em>better<\/em>, and the superlative form is <em>best<\/em>. As you can see, <em>better<\/em> and <em>best<\/em> aren&#8217;t in any way close to the word <em>well<\/em>, so you just have to be familiar with using regular adverbs and be familiar with how to form the comparative and superlative forms of those words.<\/p>\n<p>Again, adverbs can be used to compare and contrast dissimilar actions. 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