Common Comparatives and Superlatives Mistakes English Grammar Lesson with Examples

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This is the bestest English video to watch.
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I'm sure you'll understand better as I explained the most commonist
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English mistakes when using  superlatives and comparatives.
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There's something wrong.
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You don't know?
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Well, if you don't, keep watching.
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Hello, guys.
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My name is fanny.
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And in this video, I'm going to talk to you about huge mistakes that my students
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keep making when using superlatives  and comparatives in English.
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And it drives me crazy!
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So I want you to fix them if you keep making them.
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Okay.
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So let's and take a few examples.
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For example, “I am more taller than my sister.”
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This is absolutely incorrect.
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I hope you know this.
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The comparative form of ‘tall’ is ‘taller’.
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You don't need more.
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Okay. ‘more’ is a double comparison.
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It's grammatically incorrect.
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So you just say, “I am taller than my sister.”
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Second example.
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“His house is the beautifulest in town.”
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Wrong!
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You have to say, “This house is the most beautiful in town.”
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As you know, when it's a long word, the  superlative is ‘most’ plus the adjective.
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And then we have, “His older  son is badder at math than her.”
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This is also incorrect because as you know,
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‘bad’, is an exception.
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The comparative form of ‘bad’ is ‘worse’.
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So you should say, “His older son is worse at math than her.”
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“I'm tireder than yesterday.”
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Again this is incorrect.
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Because the comparison for ‘tired’ is “I'm more tired than yesterday.”
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With two syllable adjectives, it's a little bit tricky.
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Most of the time when they end in ‘y’, you just add ‘er’.
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When they don't, you use ‘more’.
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So in this case, we say, “I'm more tired than yesterday.”
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And finally, “This is my most happiest day.”
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Again, double superlative.
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This is incorrect.
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You can just say, “This is my happiest day.”
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Okay.
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I know you know the rules, but please stop making these mistakes.
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If you do, that would be really nice.
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Thank you for watching.
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Bye.
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