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Comparison of Adverb

    Irregular comparative and superlative forms;

Positive                      comparative                    superlative

Well                             better                                best

Badly                           worse                               worst

Little                             less                                  least

Much                            more                                most

Far                                farther                              farthest

Late                              later                                  latest.

The comparative and superlative forms of adverbs are used in much the same way as those in adjectives.

e.g.

He runs faster than his brother.

You should write more carefully in the future.

Our team play better than yours.

I work as hard as you do.

He drove the slowest of them all.

Position

reemphasis . Except for adverbs of frequency , some common adverb, and restrictive adverbs of degree, the other adverbs are placed at the end of a clause or a sentence in the following order;

a.    adverbs of manner (answering the question "How"?)

b.    adverbs of place     (answering the question "Where"?)

c.    adverbs of time       (answering the question "When"?)

        e.g.

       The train stopped suddenly at this station yesterday.

                             (manner)     (place)        (time)

       She sang beautifully at the party  last night.

       He sat quietly at his desk all day.

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