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- shyer or shier - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"shyer" or "shier"? Both versions are acceptable in today's standard English In the 2002 CGEL page 1581: Monosyllabic dry and shy are optionally exceptions to the y -replacement rule, allowing either y or i before the suffix: dry ~ dryer drier ~ dryest driest and shy ~ shyer shier ~ shyest shiest Note that CGEL is the 2002 reference grammar by Huddleston and Pullum et al , The Cambridge
- grammaticality - Comparative form of shy - English Language Usage . . .
I've been looking for this answer a lot and people say diferent things are true Is it shyer and the shyest, shier and shiest or more shy and the most shy? According to Merriam-Webster dictionary i
- shier or more shy? - WordReference Forums
The reason why shier is a bit weird is twofold: 1) the y in shy is pronounced [aɪ] instead of like in happy, so you could argue that it doesn't have to follow the y -> i rule described above (as if it were a different phenomenon), and 2) shier looks a lot like pier, which is pronounced as one syllable like peer, [pɪr], instead of like pyre
- Word spelling: shyer or shier? - WordReference Forums
Hi, everyone! Jane is a little shy But Jenny is shyer shier than Jane Which form is better, shyer or shier? Ps:What about dryer and drier? Thanks!
- Shier (shyer) - WordReference Forums
As for shyer or shier, both versions are acceptable in today's standard English Personally, I would use the shyer shyest version and that does not mean that there is a difference between British English and American English, even though in the UK shier is more common -------
- shyer or more shy? - WordReference Forums
A few years ago in a book I saw that the author used more shy (in final position) rather than shyer Why? Which is correct? This is an example of mine: Raul is rather shy, but his brother is more shy Could you give some examples? Thanks in advance
- Comparativos y superlativos: dry, shy. . . | WordReference Forums
Hola a todos: Hace tiempo que estudié los superlativos y los comparativos, pero estaba dándoles un repaso y me estoy liando cada vez más Yo tenía claro que si un adjetivo tiene dos sílabas y termina en -y, cambiamos la y por i, después le añadimos +est o +er Hasta ahí todo bien Pero ayer me
- shier more shy - WordReference Forums
Native speakers might help me with this dilemma! I've never been sure about the comparative of some adjectives, [ ] shier or more shy? Thank you sooo much!
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