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Is right to say "stupidest" or "the most stupid"?
I wonder, because for the superlative I use "the stupidest" and for comparative I use "more stupid" not "stupider".
So I'm beggining to think I've used wrong the superlative.

What do you think people?

And for God's sake, please, dont be rude, everybody has the right to make mistakes (even in the simplest matters), and correct them later, am I right?

Thank you

2007-02-06 02:10:26 · 14 answers · asked by Abbey Road 6 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

And now who am I to believe, the last two users have sources....hmmm, this is tough

2007-02-06 02:21:09 · update #1

14 answers

both are correct but i would say most people say most stupid

Adjective
stupid (comparative stupider or more stupid, superlative stupidest or most stupid)

All disyllabic adjectives use more/most but many of them can also be inflected. These are adjectives that end with an unstressed vowel, the 'l' sound or 'er'. Examples are early, narrow, simple, happy and friendly. In a few cases the inflected form is more often used - easier rather than more easy. There are exceptions, though. You could say slenderer but not eagerer.

There are few disyllabic adjectives ending in a consonant sound that can take the inflected form - quieter (but more quiet is acceptable).

2007-02-06 02:22:38 · answer #1 · answered by Queen of the Rÿche 5 · 1 0

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2016-03-18 01:37:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The correct version is what feels natural to say.

However, it is very common to see 'most stupid', and you won't be marked as grammatically incorrect if you use it.

A general guide for English adjectives is to add 'most' when the word has at least 3 syllables.

E.g. 'Most beautiful', not 'beautifulest'; 'most ridiculous', not 'ridiculousest'.
And the opposite (less than 3 syllables): 'Ugliest', more common than 'most ugly'; 'yellowest', more common than 'most yellow' (But some French origin words can sound wrong, so 'most naive')

2007-02-06 02:44:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Is Stupider Grammatically Correct

2016-11-13 06:23:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

The word 'stupid' is an adjective and in its superlative and comparative forms, it becomes 'stupidest' and 'stupider' respectively. See, for example,the RAMDOM HOUSE WEBSTER'S COLLEGE DICTIONARY.
Now, if you want to use the two forms as adjectives, the appropriate usage would be 'stupidest' and 'stupider' in the superlative and compartive degrees respectively.
For example, if you need to tell someone as stupid in the two degrees, you will say:
You're the stupidest person I have ever seen or
you're stupider than him
Now, if you state the two words 'most stupid' in place of the single adjective viz., stupidest, the two word adjective means the same but it implies: stupid qualifies 'person' and mosts qualifies 'stupid'. The same holds good for the usage in the comparative degree.
You may like to review your usages of the word in the two degrees accordingly.

2007-02-06 02:32:02 · answer #5 · answered by braj k 3 · 2 0

You can use either.
And stupidest is a word-classified as an adjective.
as indeed is stupider.
Both are in the dictionary .
Its a matter of choice in the same way as you would work with the words tired or fit or hungry or any other adjective in the context of comparison

2007-02-06 02:27:21 · answer #6 · answered by bearbrain 5 · 2 0

I would use more or most stupid. I don't think stupidest is a word. and your second is right, more stupid. And you are right about making mistakes, I love it when some one on here tries to tell someone that they are wrong and they spell almost every word they are trying to say wrong.

2007-02-06 02:19:48 · answer #7 · answered by ruth4526 7 · 1 1

This is a tough one, because I've heard it both ways. If you're mocking somone, I would use stupider and stupidest. If you're trying to sound more intelligent I would use "more stupid" and "most stupid."

2007-02-06 02:16:37 · answer #8 · answered by urbaal_99 2 · 2 1

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2016-04-08 07:16:02 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

i use stupider to compare like:
shes stupider than him.

you can also use most stupidest like:
she was the most stupidest person in the class.

thats how i use these words. it goes according to what youre trying to say and how youre saying it.

2007-02-06 02:37:37 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ F@$H!0N ♥ 5 · 0 1

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