English Grammar - Comparing: funner & faster or more fun & more fast?
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- www.engvid.com Is playing video games funner or more fun than studying grammar? Not sure when to use '___er' or 'more ____ than' when comparing things? In this lesson we will look at syllables as a way to choose the faster car, the more beautiful painting, or the more clever phrase. Take the quiz on this lesson here: www.engvid.com/comparing-funne...
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Hi, again. I'm Adam. Welcome to www.engvid.com. Today's lesson is very common I think - a very popular question. I get asked this all the time by students who are learning English: when to use "-er", when to use "more" when we are comparing things, for example with adjectives. When do I say "better", for example, or "happier" or "more expensive"? How do you know which one to use? Okay? So it's very, very simple, okay? We're going to look at syllables. To use "-er", we use -- sorry. We use "-er" with words that have one or two syllables. We use "more" with words that have two or more syllables.
Now, before I explain that, what are syllables? "Syllables" are vowel sounds in a word, okay? They're not the number of vowels; they're the number of vowel sounds. But first, what is a "vowel"? Just in case you're not familiar: A, E, I, O, U; these are the vowels in English. Consonants are B, C, D, F, G, and so on. Keep in mind "Y" is a consonant even though it sounds often like a vowel.
Okay, so back to syllables. So these are the vowel sounds. So for example, the word "cat". How many vowel sounds are in the word "cat"? One: "ah" -- "cat". Keep in mind -- here's another one-syllable word: "leak". Two vowels, one vowel sound, "leak", "eeee", okay? Can you think of a two-syllable word? How do you feel right now? I bet you feel "happy". I'm sure you feel happy because you're watching www.engvid.com, right? "Happy". The two vowel sounds: "ha", "py" -- sorry. My mistake. "Hap", "py", "ah", "eeee", okay? How about a three-vowel sound word? How about three syllables? "Beautiful". Sorry. I'm not having the best day spelling today. "Beau", "ti", "ful". Three syllables. How about four? "Ex", "cep", "tio", "nal" -- "exceptional". Great. Very good. Okay. One more -- five. Very common word: "International". Can you divide them up into the syllables? Try it. "In", "ter", "na", "tio", "nal" -- "international", five syllables.
So now, here we go back. We see one or two syllables or two or more syllables. So now, you're thinking, "Okay, well if I have a two-syllable word, I still don't know which one to use, right?" Well, here is the answer. One or two syllables: If the word ends in "Y" -- I'll put it here. Sorry about the mess. If the word ends in "Y", use "-er". So "happy" -- if you want to compare two things; who's happier? Me or my friend? Then you drop the "Y"; then you put "ier". "Happier". Okay? If the word -- the two-syllable word -- ends in a consonant, okay, then you use "more". Okay? So "gentle" is technically a two-syllable word, but it ends in a vowel, so "gentler". I'll think of an example of a consonant-ending word.
Now, there are, of course, exceptions. "Good" does not take "-er" or "more". "Good" becomes "better". "Bad" becomes "worse". "Far" becomes "farther". I'll write this one down. "Far" becomes "farther", so you have the extra addition here. "Much" becomes "more". "Little" becomes "less", okay? Now -- oh, I put it twice. Sorry. Now, "fun" is a one-syllable word, but you will never hear anybody say "funner". Why? Because it sounds like "funnier". So this is an exception. We usually say "more fun". Now here's an example of a two-syllable word that ends in a consonant, so you think "cleverer". Now, some people will say "cleverer", but because of the "r-r" ending, it's a little bit hard to say, so many people will say "more clever". "He is more clever than she is", okay? For example. I still can't think of a word that ends in a consonant. "Feather". No. That's not -- it's a noun; I can't use that. Okay. It'll come to me. I'll put it on the comments on www.engvid.com. And if you want to practice more of these, go to www.engvid.com. There's a quiz there, and you can practice these and come back, and we'll do some more lessons. So don't forget to check out my CZcams page and subscribe. See you then.
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I got one ends with consonant. humid, more humid
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Hi Adam. Nice talking to you. Once I read more fun and for me it was sort of weird and in this class you made it simple. I made confusion with funny/funnier and fun/more fun.
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And how about "pleasant" for the example you were reaching for?!
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Carefully is an adverb, so more and most. And careful has already got a suffix, so more and most as well.
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Thanks for info about fun,
We use the suffix -ier when the word is composed of 2 syllables. care/ful/ly is of 3 syllables. You must then use "more" rather than the suffix.
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Thank you ... but I have a question also, does the adjective "smart" take "er" smarter or "more smart" like with clever which be more clever in comparing.
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My teacher said that happy cleaver shollow narrow common are used both er or more is it true?
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So, we use -er for the words ending with vowel sound?
"You are luckier than hardworking" or "You are more lucky than hardworking" - which of these is the correct comparative usage of the adjective "lucky"? Kindly help with an explanation. Thank you :)
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I have some doubts about how you use the word 'fun'. First of all, I think it can't be used for comparing things because it's not an adjective, in the first place. It is a noun. What you probably had on your mind was the word "funny". So according to the rule which you applied at "happy/happier" we should get "funny/funnier" respectively. Which of course doesn't exclude the using of "more funny/most funny". Am I correct? ThX for all your vids and greetz from Poland, Adam.
Fun is sometimes used as an adjective, for example in the following contexts:
It was a fun thing to do; She is a fun person to be with; It was a fun place to go to. (according to the BBC website)
Fun here means pleasant and enjoyable. It/she made you feel happy. It has limited use as an adjective. It's just one of those oddities of English, I'm afraid
carlitods Uhm.. yup, using fun in this context: "She is a fun person to be with." is okay, I got no problem with that. But I still insist on "fun" being here a noun. It is used in the role of an adjective, I can accept that, but, technically, it's still a noun. Like in the following example: "I've got a part time job." Here, "part" is used on the same principle as "fun person","film star", "rock band" (noun+noun). "rock","fun","film" are all nouns in the role of adjs.Same thing with your examples. Using an adjective instead of the noun would simply change the meaning...like in: "She is a 'funny' person to be with". I might be wrong, though, coz I ain't a native speaker.
carlitods
Just one more thing. Is "funner" really spelled correctly? [The comparative of the adj "funny"?] Or maybe Adam has just misspelled the sucker? heh.. :) ThX for replying my post. Btw, are you a native user of English? Greetz
+Toshi Buntaro Take it from a native speaker of English: "Fun" is both an adjective and a noun. One of the peculiarities of English is that many words can function as more than one part of speech. It's up to you as the reader or listener to determine from context when "fun" is being used as an adjective (in which case, the correct comparative form is "more fun," not "funner" -- as Adam said, it's an exception to the general rule) or as a noun.
+Lee Cox Uhm.. I was 100% sure the correct forms of this adjective were: funny-funnier-the funniest (not funner/funnest). That's what I teach to my students. (I apply the endings -er, -est coz it is one syllable adj. "more/most" are for longer adjs.) "More fun" makes sense to me coz it work the same way as in "more money","more time", "more friends" etc., so I would freely use it in: "I have more fun playing games than watching TV." (fun = 100% noun) or "I think playing games is funnier than watching TV." (not "funner" which looks a bit freaky to me. LoL)
With all due respect, bro, I dunno how to approach to "Take it from a native speaker" thing. :) Coz I know people DO MAKE MISTAKES in their native languages. I remember the time when I was in a Teacher Training College where we had a young American guy who taught us English there (like maybe 24-25 y.o., 100% American, well educated) and I had a short quarrel with him on "few/a few". I insisted that these were two different things, both had their right usage. The guy said like "No, we use 'a few' only. The other one is incorrect." I kept replying like: "Daniel, believe me, I'm not making it up, I've found it in a serious English grammar book." He replied like: "C'mon, English is my mother tongue after all, right? I know better." I stopped my reasoning but remained unconvinced. Telling me "it is my native language" was not enough. :)
Btw, pity Adam was not kind to reply at all.
A adjective ending with a consonant , INTERESTING