Expert: George Roupe - 5/12/2004

Question
A friend made a post on a message board saying that someone was "Stupider" than someone else... and reading it, I thought the proper way to express that would be to use "More stupid".

Apparently "Stupider" is a word according to dictionary.com, but is "more stupid" also correct?

Thanks for your time & help!

-Eric AiXeLsyD
eric@aixelsyd.com

Answer
In the past, and perhaps still by some authorities, it has been considered incorrect to form the comparative of some multisyllabic adjectives by adding -er, but objections to words such as "stupider" have come to seem a bit schoolmarmish in current usage. But there's certainly nothing wrong with saying "more stupid"!