Forming the superlative
The following adjectives are exceptions: 'good' becomes 'the best' 'bad' becomes 'the worst' ' far' becomes 'the furthest' For example: " Jill is the best student in the class. " " Jack is the worst student in the class. " "In our solar system the planet Pluto is the furthest planet from the Sun." Note! Superlatives are usually preceded by 'the'. For example: "The Rio de la Plata river, on the southeast coastline of South America, is the widest river in the world." According to the List of World records Carol Yager (1960-1994), from Michigan, is the fat test person ever to live, weighing 725 kg (1,600 lb). "Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world." "I think that Castle Combe is the prett iest village in England." "Arguably, Rome is the most beautiful city in the world."
When we group adjectives together there is a general rule for the position of each type adjective, these are:
For example: "She had a big, ugly, old, baggy, blue, cotton, British, knitting bag." Is grammatically correct but a bit too long-winded.
Note! You might swap opinion and fact adjectives depending on what you wish to emphasise. For example: "She had a long, ugly nose." emphasising the length of her nose. "He was a silly, little man." emphasising that the man was silly.
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