cruel, more cruel, most cruel ?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Is it “cruel, more cruel, most cruel”, or “cruel, crueler, cruelest” ?

2

i think it’s “cruel, crueler, cruelest”.

3

In my judgement, cruel - crueller - cruellest

4

Yes, the ‘l’ is doubled.

5

Hi,

This really is a question of how you say it. Whereas ‘crueller’ and ‘cruellest’ are possible, it is easier to say ‘more cruel’ than it is to say ‘crueller’.

Alan

6

as far as i know that we can use both,

  1. cruel - crueller - cruellest

  2. cruel, crueler, cruelest

am i wrong?

7

Oh yes, of course you can. I was just talking about why people tend to say ‘more cruel’ because it’s easier to say than ‘crueller’.

Alan

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Hi Rajesh,

Please note that you should always capitalize the personal pronoun “I” and that you should begin each sentence with a capital letter too.[YSaerTTEW443543]

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I am sorry. This type of mistake will not happen again.