Irregular Comparisons of Adjectives, Adverbs and Quantifiers

 Irregular Comparisons of Adjectives, Adverbs, and Quantifiers

ADJECTIVE	ADVERB	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
bad far  good little many/ a lot of much*/ a lot of	badly far well little   ------ much*/ a lot of	worse further better less  more more	worst furthest best least most most

 

What is an irregular adverb and adjective?

Irregular adverbs or adjectives are those that are not formed from standard English spelling conventions. Because they do not follow the “rules,” there is no trick to using them: you simply have to memorize them. 

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Comparative adjectives

Comparative adjectives compare one person or thing with another and enable us to say whether a person or thing has more or less of a particular quality:

• Miss Keller's later education is easy to understand and needs no further explanation than she has given

Superlative adjectives

Superlative adjectives describe one person or thing as having more of a quality than all other people or things in a group:

• What is the least expensive way of traveling in Japan?

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IRREGULAR ADVERBS

Adjective	Irregular Adverb	Sources of Confusion
fast	fast
hard	hard	Hardly (ever) is an adverb of frequency, meaning “almost never.”
straight	straight
lively	lively	Lively still exists as an adverb in phrases like “step lively.” However, it is more often used in the adverbial prepositional phrase “in a lively manner.”
late	late	Lately is a different adverb that means “recently.”
daily	daily
early	early
friendly	no adverb	Can be used in the adverbial prepositional phrase “in a friendly manner.”
timely	no adverb	Can be used in the adverbial prepositional phrase “in a timely manner.”
good	well	Well is the adverb form of good; it can also function as a predicative adjective.