comparative: more northern (or further north)
superlative: northernmost
more global, most global
A comparative adjective would be used in that sentence. "Rhode Island is smaller than Maine."
"Larger" is a comparative adjective. Simply stated, adjectives are words that describe nouns, and "larger" describes "Desert." In addition, "larger" is also comparative because of the "er" at the end that is used to illustrate comparison between the two nouns "Desert" and "countries." Adjectives that end in "er" are comparative, and adjectives that end in "st" are known as superlative, implying the greatest magnification possible of the adjective, such as the words "most," "best," "farthest," and "hungriest."
The word 'north' is a noun; a word for a direction or a compass point; a word for a thing.The word 'north' also functions as an adjective, a word used to describe a noun.
Yes--While the word hemisphere alone is not capitalized, a specific hemisphere (western, eastern, northern or southern) is.
We usually use more northern for the comparative and northernmost for the superlative. Ordinarily, you'd expect northerner for the comparative of northern, but there is a very common noun northerner, which may be why the Frenchified "more northern" is the usual form. Again, you'd expect northerrnest as the comparative, but with directions, such as northern and southern, top and bottom, upper and outer and so forth, the superlative is usually formed by adding -most: northernmost, uppermost etc.
Comparative: uglier Superlative: ugliest
What's the comparative and superlative of the word "exact"
comparative = sadder superlative = saddest
Comparative: shallower Superlative: shallowest
The comparative is "stricter" and the superlative is "strictest".
The comparative is "wilder" and the superlative is "wildest".
The comparative is later, and the superlative is latest
comparative: trustworthier. superlative: trustworthiest.
fewer - comparative & fewest - superlative
the comparative and superlative forms of the word near are nearer(in comparative form) and nearest(in superlative form).
The comparative is greater and the superlative is greatest.