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Thank you to Anh for sharing this useful grammar point with the Members Academy.

You probably know the 'rules' about comparisons:

SHORT adjectives: add '-er' (+ than), for example:

• tall - taller, short - shorter

LONG adjectives: add more/less + adjective (+ than), for example

• more beautiful/ intelligent/ complicated than

EXCEPTIONS

There are some ONE-SYLLABLE adjectives that use 'MORE + THAN':

1. one-syllable past participle adjectives such as bored, tired, pleased, worn

e.g. I'm more tired than I was yesterday.

2. with 'fun' 'real' 'right' and 'wrong'

e.g. It's more fun* to take part in sport than to watch it.

*some people say 'funner' and 'the funnest'

(examples from Murphy Grammar Book)