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Rule 19 - An adjective in the superlative degree normally takes 'the' before it. In some expressions, the superlative is followed by a clause in the perfect tense. For example -

1. This is the best example I have ever heard.
2. Mumbai is the best seaport of India.
3. It was the worst accident I have ever seen.
4. The novel 'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy is the best novel I have ever read.
5. You are the kindest man I have ever met.

Rule 20 - In comparing two things or classes of things, the comparative is used. For example -

1. Of her two children, the younger is more intelligent.
2. Which is the cheaper of the two?
3. Of Mumbai and New Delhi, the former is bigger.
4. She is more conning than her mother.
5. Of iron and copper, the former is more useful.

Rule 21 - 'Older' and 'oldest' are used for persons or things while 'elder' and 'eldest' are confined to the members of the same family. 'Older' is followed by 'than', while 'elder' is followed by 'to'. For example -

1. Suresh is the oldest student of the college.
2. She is older than her colleague.
3. Gita is elder to her brother.
4. Of her three sisters, Rita is the eldest one.
5. My sister was elder to me.
6. My grand father was the oldest member of the family.

Rule 22 - 'Few' (fewer-fewest) is numeral adjective. It is used for countable nouns only with articles, this word has different meanings. For example -

(i) 'Few' is negative and equivalent to hardly any.
(ii) A few (some).
(iii) The few (not many, but whoever or whichever there is, it is followed by an adjective clause).

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