Collins Cobuild English Grammar (209 page)
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Authors: Collins
Prices have been rising
faster
than incomes.
You probably learn
quicker
by having lessons.
The older people work
the hardest
.
The ones with the shortest legs run
the slowest
.
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Here is a list of time adverbials and adverbs of place that have comparative and superlative forms. See
Chapter 4
(
4.70
,
4.114
, and
4.123
) and
Chapter 6
(
6.60
). Note that a few have irregular comparatives and superlatives.
| early |  | earlier | | earliest |
| late | | later (no superlative) | ||
| soon | | sooner (no superlative) | ||
| long | | longer | | longest |
| deep | | deeper | | deepest |
| far | | farther, further | | farthest, furthest |
| near | | nearer | | nearest |
| close | | closer | | closest |
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