 | Henry Corpe - 1851 - 208 pages
...are more TГoXi; тгоXXоi/ тгоXXйа Plural. TroXXat тгоXXа The other cases are regular. Degrees of Comparison. There are three degrees of comparison : the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The comparative is generally formed by adding repos, and the superlative, raros,... | |
 | Reuben Harvey - 1851 - 128 pages
...it is not onr object to do so, and we content ourselves with general proportions. These are called DEGREES OF COMPARISON. There are three degrees of Comparison : the POSITIVE, the COMPARATIVE, and the SUPERLATIVE. The Positive expresses the quality. The Comparative, an extension of it. The Superlative,... | |
 | Popular educator - 1852 - 842 pages
...higher is called the comparative degree, and the highest is called tin, superlative degree. Accordingly, there are three degrees of comparison, the positive, the comparative, the superlative. It has been denied that the positive is a degree of comparison. The term may not be rigidly correct,... | |
 | William Henry Dawnay (Viscount Downe.) - English language - 1857 - 182 pages
...comparison, some of them by inflection, others by means of the adverbs more and most. less and least. There are three degrees of comparison, — the Positive, the Comparative, the Superlative. The Positive degree expresses the simple quality; as, wise, great, good. The Comparative expresses... | |
 | L. Contanseau - 1858 - 268 pages
...big. Saint, holy. Jeune, young. Vieux, old. Joli, pretty. Vilain, uglyLong, long. FORMATION OF THE DEGREES OF COMPARISON. There are three degrees of comparison ; the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. 1. The Positive is the adjective itself: as, ft est savant, he is learned. ADJECTIVE.... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - English language - 1878 - 268 pages
...adjective to express different degrees of quality ; as, wise, wiser, wisest ; good, better, best. 2. There are three Degrees of Comparison : the Positive, the Comparative, the Superlative. 3. The Positive degree ascribes to an object the simple quality, or an equal degree of the quality... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1873 - 280 pages
...island than Great Britain." " Australia is the largest island in the world." These forms are called Degrees of Comparison. There are Three Degrees of Comparison : the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. § 6O. The Positive Degree does no more than denote the possession of a certain... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - English language - 1878 - 282 pages
...adjective to express different degrees of quality ; as, wise, wiser, wisest ; good, better, best. 2. There are three Degrees of Comparison : the Positive, the Comparative, the Superlative. 3. The Positive degree ascribes to an object the simple quality, or an equal degree of the quality... | |
 | C. Heywood - 1895 - 138 pages
...a cup of tea, a Jump of sugar, a sheet of paper. •HI. — ADJECTIVES •i"V. Modifications*. — Degrees of comparison. — There are three degrees of comparison : the positive, the comparative and the superlative; as, wise, wiser, wisest. To the positive degree may be referred the so-called... | |
 | William D. Hall - English language - 1897 - 220 pages
...degree of quality or quantity, is called Comparison. Adjectives are inflected to show comparison. 107. Degrees of Comparison. There are three degrees of comparison: The Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The Positive degree denotes the mere existence of the quality; as, sweet grapes... | |
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An obedient son." 364. In English, an adjective is varied only to express the degrees of comparison. There are three degrees of comparison — the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. 365. The positive degree simply describes an object ; as,... 
