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Johnny Depp and his new bride Amber Heard
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher
Jeff Goldblum and Emilie Livingston
Mary Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy
What do these couples have in common? They are all May December romances. One person is much older than the other person. In some cases the new wife is younger or prettier than the previous wife. Or the new guy is more famous than the last one.
Everyone has an opinion on these romances. Does he just want a trophy wife? Is she a gold digger? Is she a cougar? Maybe he has mommy issues. Maybe she is more exciting than his other girlfriend?
Some people think these unions are fine and normal while others are quick to point out it’s doomed in the future. After all, a 60 year old woman may not want to take care of her 80 year old husband 30 years from now. No matter your opinion, these pairings seem to happen pretty often, especially in Hollywood. Ok, so now let’s look at how to use comparative adjectives when dishing about these couples with whopping age differences.
Here’s the scoop on comparative adjectives:
Use comparative adjectives to show differences or to compare two subjects or nouns. Here’s the basic structure:
Noun (object) + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun (object).
Forming comparatives is easy. The form depends on the amount of syllables in the original adjective. The regular way to make comparative adjectives is to add -er or to use more in front of the adjective.
A few adjectives are irregular such as good/better, far/further, bad/worse.
Here are more rules to form the comparative:
For syllable-adjective add –er to the end. If the adjective has a consonant + single vowel + consonant spelling, the final consonant must be doubled before adding the ending, for example sad/sadder.
For adjectives with two syllables form the comparative either by adding -er or by using the adjective with more. For adjectives ending in y, change the y to an i before adding the ending, such as dry/drier.
Here’s another tip. You can lose the second noun or subject if it’s understood or assumed.
Examples
• His second wife is younger than his first wife
• Her new boyfriend is richer than her last one.
• She’s more popular than he is.
• He is happier than her last boyfriend.
• I’ve dated both John and Travis, but I like John better. [“than Travis” is understood]
