Just as we would say 'the side of the mountain' (we know which side of which mountain we are talking about), so we say 'the farther side of the mountain'. I think this is simply an identified and specific item. I don't think this is a question of two things being related in the way described above.

How to form comparative and superlative adjectives The adjectives good, bad and far have irregular comparatives and superlatives: good She is the most polite person I have ever met. She is one of the politest people I have ever met. His brother is handsome, but he is more handsome. He is certainly handsomer than his brother. However, with these common two-syllable adjectives, you can either add –er/ –r and –est/ –st or use more and most: common We use more and most to make comparatives and superlatives for most two syllable adjectives and for all adjectives with three or more syllables: careful If an adjective ends in a consonant and –y, we change –y to –i and add –er or –est: happy If an adjective ends in a vowel and a consonant, we double the consonant: big If an adjective ends in –e, we add –r or –st: nice We usually add –er and –est to one-syllable words to make comparatives and superlatives: old MultipleChoice_MTk4Njg= Superlative adjectives 2 GapFillTyping_MTQxNzU= How to form comparative and superlative adjectives I have three sisters: Jan is the oldest and Angela is the youngest. That’s the best film I have seen this year. GapFillTyping_MTQxNzM= Superlative adjectivesĮverest is the highest mountain in the world. (= When they climbed higher, it got colder.) Comparative adjectives 1 The higher they climbed, the colder it got. (= When you drive faster, it is more dangerous.) The faster you drive, the more dangerous it is. We often use the with comparative adjectives to show that one thing depends on another: When we want to describe how something or someone changes we can use two comparatives with and:Įverything is getting more and more expensive. We use than when we want to compare one thing with another: This car is certainly better, but it's much more expensive. We use comparative adjectivesto show change or make comparisons:

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