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1 hour ago, mamamoose said:

Yes, I knew they were both correct forms. I am irritated that she would lose points as a result of either. 

 

What was the teacher's reasoning?

I agree that points should not have been taken off and think this would be a reasonable opportunity for your daughter to practice self-advocacy by emailing the teacher with sources demonstrating that both forms represent correct usage.

If the teacher won't acknowledge that fact I'd consider not taking further classes from this teacher.

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18 hours ago, maize said:

 

What was the teacher's reasoning?

I agree that points should not have been taken off and think this would be a reasonable opportunity for your daughter to practice self-advocacy by emailing the teacher with sources demonstrating that both forms represent correct usage.

If the teacher won't acknowledge that fact I'd consider not taking further classes from this teacher.

Well we love the teacher. He’s very reasonable. This is the only thing I have questioned and she is still getting an A+ in the class. I don’t even know that it’s worth bringing up. 

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On 10/17/2019 at 8:35 AM, Servant4Christ said:

I think I need to go back and brush up on my grammar before DS gets there. I would've picked "more ready" just because that's how I was taught. I didn't think "readier" was even a word.

 

Of course it's a word. It's formed using a common morpheme (ready) and an even commoner productive suffix (-er), and the sense is clear to both the speaker and the listener. That is pretty much the definition of "a word". In this case, it also happens to be in widespread usage, including among careful and/or educated speakers.

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In the ESL world, students are taught that two syllable adjectives and adverbs in the comparative/superlative form use more/less, most/least. So, more beautiful vs. Beautifuler and more complete vs. completer. This is how I learned it in English as well.

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