Several questions related to the word "beautiful" have simple answers. Spelling NOT with an adjective is subject to the strict rules of the Russian language, as is the stress in the word "beautiful". You can not use the roughly colloquial form "prettier" in speech. There can be no two opinions here.
But the discussion on the forums dedicated to native speech, the comparative degree "more beautiful" or "beautiful" is very instructive and ambiguous. These words are not quite equal, but there are also arguments for using the truncated form.
Even awkward to say
Having come across the question of what is right - "prettier or prettier", most readers will feel bewildered. Why did this question arise? Are you serious?
It would seem that blunders in Russian speech are a thing of the past. Not only in the literary language, but also in the literate colloquial there are no words: "lay down","instead", "prettier", "polta" and the like.
But, unfortunately, there are about two hundred words, the use of which causes problems for native Russian speakers. Irregularly accented verbs "call", "spoil". Confusion with "put on" and "dress". Incorrect meaning of frequently used concepts: for example, the expression "civil husband" in relation to a man with whom a woman lives in the same house.
But "prettier"? Does this word still exist? Or is this a deliberate distortion for the sake of humorous overtones and drawing attention to your statements? The presence on the Web of the long-recognised rude vernacular "prettier" as a synonym for "prettier" should be considered a misunderstanding.
The emphasis on the word "more beautiful"
When the question arises of where the stress is "beautiful" or "beautiful", there is no need to doubt: this word is only on I. It is easy to remember this by analogy with the words "funnier", "more joking", "fairer ", "rainier", "happier".
There are words with a shifting accent - "smarter", "stronger", "lighter", "more cheerful", "more fun". But in "more beautiful" the accent is fixed.
Teachers come up with funny poems where they rhyme "more beautiful" - "happier","more playful", "more grumpy". The children themselves compose such rhyming lines, this helps to remember the correct stress. Playing burime is a way of active learning.
For example, in this rhyme:
Cities are more beautiful, Citizens are happier.
Can I say "prettier"?
"More beautiful" or "beautiful" - should both of these forms be used in speech? The question is very interesting. On the one hand, there is such a thing as "apocope": the truncation of a sound in colloquial speech (and in literary speech too).
Russian language lovers tend to believe that both forms can be used. Only the truncated form is more typical for oral speech, and the full one is for bookish, business, stylistically verified.
Some experts suggest that only the full form "more beautiful" is considered literary. But after all, in poetry, the option "more beautiful", "more beautiful", "more desirable" is used for the proportionality of the line. And this does not cause rejection among listeners and readers, there is no impression of a blunder.
Dictionaries can't always offer an unambiguous solution. Only "prettier" or "prettier" is fine too? The question is perhaps debatable. Probably, for oral and poetic speech, this option is quite reasonable, as well as "sweeter", "smarter", "stronger". You can refer to the poems of Alexander Tvardovsky:
Our mother earth, In days of trouble and in days of victory
You are not dearerand more beautiful, And there is nothing more desirable to the heart.
Language evolves. After all, no one will argue that the only true form is "under the moon." "Under the Moon" is also apocope. In the instrumental case, both variants of the declension of the word are possible.
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"Not pretty" or "ugly" ? Correctly writing adjectives with a particle will NOT help the rule: it is NOT written with an adjective together when any quality is implied and it is easy to find a synonym for it. "Ugly" - "ugly", "ugly", "ridiculous", "bad".
But what is the rule if there are no exceptions! Contrasting requires separate writing of the particle NOT with the adjective. For example: "This landscape is not beautiful, but boring." Don't forget about denial. Question: "Is this act beautiful? Answer: "No, not beautiful".
And more about "not at all", "far" and "not at all". You will have to write with them NOT separately: "This is not a beautiful confession at all."
And "very", "almost", "extremely", "extremely", "very", "in a sense" and similar adverbs require writing "ugly" together. Example: "Sloppy and very ugly handwriting".
Synonyms
It's always easy to find synonyms for the word "beautiful". And to "more beautiful" too: nicer, more effective, more picturesque, more charming, more charming, more magnificent, more extraordinary, more beautiful,more wonderful, more magical, with brilliance. There are other epithets for actions: more worthy, more courageous, more talented, more incomparable.
It is necessary to consider in what context this or that synonym is applicable. If you want to draw attention to something new and beautiful, sometimes they say that this item is very original. So, for example, they give a compliment to design novelties. Although originality and beauty are not synonymous, the theme of art allows for their convergence.
In which text can you use the synonym "more beautiful"? This word is typical for fairy tales, epics, sayings. It is also found in various literary works to create poetic images that are in tune with folk speech, history, everyday life.
