Spotting The Error Topic-Adjectives Part-I

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Positive           Comparative         Superlative
Good/well            better                    best
Bad/ill                  worse                   worst
Little                  less/lesser                 least
Fore                    former              foremost/first
Late                  later/latter               last/latest
Far                      farther                  farthest
Near                   nearer               nearest/next
Old                  older/elder           oldest/eldest
Much/many          more                     most





 The words ending with 'ior' ,,,we dont use THAN after the adjective. We use TO.
superior, inferior, senior, junior, prior, anterior, posterior.
He is senior than me.(incrorrect) (replace ‘than’ by ‘to’)

Some words like adjectives - interior, exterior, ulterior, major, minor, empty, excellent, circular,
extreme, chief, entire, complete, perfect, final, last, unique, universal, round,
square, triangular, eternal, everlasting ideal, absolute, impossible and supreme
are complete in there meaning. We DONT USE use these words in COMPARATIVE DEGREES and SUPERLATIVE DEGREES.


SOME ADJECTIVES ARE USED ONLY IN POSITIVE DEGREE AND SUPERLATIVE DEGREES,,NOT IN COMPARATIVE DEGREE.
Positive               Superlative            Comparative
top                          topmost                        ×
northern               northernmost                    ×
southern               southernmost                    ×
eastern                 easternmost                      ×
western                westernmost                     ×


Adjective PREFERABLE is only used in COMPARATIVE DEGEREE  with TO,,,Not with THAN and MORE.
This is more preferable than that. (Incorrect)
This is preferable to that. (Correct)


I prefer tea to coffee.
or
I prefer tea rather than coffee. WE CAN ALSO USE RATHER THAN IN PLACE OF TO.


rich, poor, needy, aged, blind, dead, meek, wicked, etc.
The rich (rich people) usually exploit the poor (poor people).  After using THE before these adjectives it becomes plural comman noun so verb will also be PLURAL.


Verbs of sensation( seem, look, appear, feel , taste, sound and smell) AND These words be, become, turn, get, grow, keep, make and prove ARE QUALIFIED BY ADJECTIVES NOT ADVERBS.

Hyphenated Noun are part of compund adjectives so they Must Be PLURAL.
I delivered a two–hours lecture. (×)
I delivered a two–hour lecture. (Correct)
He gave me two hundred–rupees notes. (×)
He gave me two hundred–rupee notes. (Correct) 


IF A NOUN WORKS AS A ADJECTIVE THEN IT MUST BE SINGULAR.
Lasers are indispensable tools for delicate eyes surgery. (change EYES to EYE).

If we use TIMES word then we CAN'T USE COMPARATIVE DEGREE. 
My house is four times bigger than yours. (×)
My house is four times as big as yours. (correct)


If We use ADJECTIVES OF SIZE, COLOR AND AGE SIMULTANEOUSLY THEN THE ORDER WILL BE-->>

The police arrested a TWENTY TWO YEAR-OLD BLACK AMERICAN Negro.
The thief flashed a BIG SHARP knife and asked the cashier to fill the BLACK LEATHER bag with money.

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