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Quick grammar question: not superlative but on its way?

Asked by sliceswiththings (11723points) July 25th, 2012
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Hi!
“Purple” is an adjective. “Purplest” is the adjective in its superlative form. What’s the fancy way of describing “purpler” then? Is there a term for it? Like, “progressive form,” maybe? Thaaaaanks.

P.S. The adjective I’ll be “progressing” is “twatty,” but I didn’t want to have to mark this NSFW ;)

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thorninmud's avatar

They’re called “comparative adjectives”.

sliceswiththings's avatar

Aha, thank you very much, @thorninmud . I can finish my blog post in peace, and add this to my grammar snobbery and pretend I knew it all along. :)

gailcalled's avatar

“Twatty, twattier, twattiest? Meaning?

“Reddest” is called a “superlative adjective.”

Sunny2's avatar

When the comparative form of an adjective sounds awkward as in purpler, we say more purple. Sugarier; more sugary. big, bigger; not more big. Sometimes you hear little kids adding an er incorrectly and it’s cute. When you’re older, speaking incorrectly is NOT so cute. Unless you’re being funny.

gambitking's avatar

So let me get this straight… you’re using a slang word that’s not generally accepted in standard language….and furthermore a noun (not an adjective) , and you’re wanting to add ‘er’ or ‘est’ suffixes to it.

Sorry, but this stopped being a ‘correct grammar’ question a long time ago.

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