Comparatives with Long Adjectives

Use more + adjective for long adjectives.

Examples

• This book is more interesting.
• She is more careful.

Key rules

• Add more before adjectives with two or more syllables (more beautiful, more expensive)
• Use than to compare two things
• Do not use both more and -er
• Short adjectives take -er (taller, cheaper)

Common mistakes

• more beautifuler → more beautiful
• This is more interesting that that → This is more interesting than that