Superlative Adjective & Spelling
What building structure of superlative adjectives?The building structure of superlative adjectives are divided into 2 groups "short words" and "long words".Short words - words with 1 syllable or words with 2 syllables if the word ends in -y. -est is added to the end of the word.
Notes:
- Adjectives ending in -y change the -y to I and add -est.
- Adjective that end with a consonant, vowel, consonant - the last consonant is doubled and -est is added to the end of the adjective.
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Long words - words with 3 more syllables, and words with 2 syllables that don't end in -y. The word "most" is placed before the adjective.
Note: Adjectives that end in -e, only -r is added to end of the adjective.
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Vocabulary Word:
inimical (comparative more inimical, superlative most inimical) adj.
Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Vocabulary Word:
malapropism (plural malapropisms) n.
- (uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word in place
of a similar sounding one.
- Malapropism is much older as a phenomenon than it is as a word.
- Don't engage in malapropism.
- (countable) An instance of this.
- The translator matched every malapropism in the original with one from his own language.
- The humor comes from all the malapropisms.
