“COMPARATIVES” на українській мові

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Most common of all the overloaded comparatives and superlatives are ungainly shades of well-known, which display complete ignorance of the good-better-best, bad-worse-worst gradations.

There is much silliness abroad on the ‘logic’ governing the use of comparatives and superlatives.

But the trouble is, comparatives don't always need a ‘second part’ introduced by ‘than’.

As Geoff points out in his book, the/li r/at the end of ‘nuclear’ isn't at all unfamiliar to or difficult for speakers of English: comparatives like pricklier are unproblematic and show no inclination towards being reshaped.

Whether the adjective is a superlative or a comparative it requires more candidates than the two who have tied at the top.