TV changes how you use language. When to use (and not use) 'more' and 'most'
Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
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How to Say a TV Remote Is the Click-a-Clock
When talking about not as much of something, you use less and least in front of adjectives or adverbs with any number of syllables. If the suffix form is allowed, as it is with earlier, for example, it'll be listed in the dictionary entry. For adverbs with three or more syllables, such as comfortably, you need to say more comfortably, not comfortably. Some two-syllable adverbs, such as early, take the suffixes, so you'd say earlier and earliest. In Montreal, a unique way of saying a TV remote is the click-a-clock.
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