2.108 Comparing things: comparatives

You can describe something by saying that it has more of a quality than something else. You do this by using comparative adjectives. Only qualitative adjectives usually have comparatives, but a few colour adjectives also have them. Comparatives normally consist of the usual form of the adjective with either '-er' added to the end, as in 'harder' and 'smaller', or 'more' placed in front, as in 'more interesting' and 'more flexible'.

Note that 'good' and 'bad' have the irregular comparative forms 'better' and 'worse'.