 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - English language - 1900 - 274 pages
...the adjective to express different degrees of quality; as, wise, wiser, wisest; good, better, best. There are three degrees of comparison : the positive, the comparative, the superlative. The positive degree ascribes to an object the simple quality, or an equal degree of the quality; as,... | |
 | Sara Elizabeth Husted Lockwood, Mary Alice Emerson - English language - 1901 - 488 pages
...and that retain number forms, most adjectives and adverbs change their form simply in comparison. 31. Degrees of comparison. There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive degree of the adjective names the quality without reference to any... | |
 | George Alonzo Mirick - English language - 1901 - 186 pages
...are inflected to express degrees of superiority or of inferiority in the relations which they hold. There are three degrees of comparison, the positive, the comparative, the superlative. Adverbs are compared as adjectives are, — (a) By adding the endings er and est to the positive degree... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - English language - 1907 - 334 pages
...changes to express the degree or relative amount of the quality or the quantity. These changes are called degrees of comparison. There are three degrees of comparison : the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. DEFINITION. — The positive degree is the simplest form of an adjective, and... | |
 | Lawton Bryan Evans - English language - 1908 - 268 pages
...expressing a greater or less degree of quality or quantity in one object as compared with other objects. There are three degrees of comparison, the positive, the comparative, the superlative. The positive degree is the simple form of the adjective, sweet, pure, short, beautiful, dangerous.... | |
 | George Howe, John Grover Beard - Latin language - 1916 - 150 pages
...ADJECTIVES Adjectives are capable of another form of inflection known as comparison. As in English, there are three degrees of comparison: the positive, the comparative, the superlative. The positive is the form already discussed under the declension of adjectives. The comparative is regularly... | |
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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,... 
