Comparatives, superlatives & quantifiers

We use comparatives to show that one person or thing has more (or less) of a quality than another. For one-syllable adjectives and most two-syllable adjectives ending in -y, we add -er and -est: 'tall → taller → tallest', 'happy → happier → happiest'. For longer adjectives we use 'more' and 'most': 'interesting → more interesting → most interesting'. Irregular forms must be memorised: 'good → better → best', 'bad → worse → worst', 'far → farther/further → farthest/furthest'. To say two things are equal we use 'as + adjective + as': 'Baku is as busy as Istanbul'. Quantifiers tell us how much or how many. 'Much' and 'a little' go with uncountable nouns; 'many' and 'a few' go with countable plurals; 'a lot of' goes with both. 'Too' signals an amount that is more than wanted ('too hot to drink'), while 'enough' signals a sufficient amount and always comes after adjectives but before nouns ('warm enough', 'enough time'). For example: 'This exercise is harder than the last one, but I have enough time and only a few mistakes to correct.'