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Irregular Forms

Rule Add er /est to the end of short adjectives. Use more/most before long adjectives.

Positive smart warm careful helpful

Comparative smarter warmer more careful more helpful

Superlative smartest warmest most careful most helpful

Positive good bad little many

Comparative better worse less more

Superlative best worst least most

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B.

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