 In English the adjective is not varied on account of gender, number, or case. Thus we say, "A careless boy ; careless girls."* The only variation which it admits, is that of the degrees of comparison. There are three degrees of comparison; the positive,...  New Grammar of French Grammars - Page 20by Alain Auguste Victor de Fivas - 1847 - 182 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1874 - 142 pages
...variation of the adjective, to express quality in different degrees ; as, hard, harder, liardest. There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive degree is that which is expressed by the adjective in its simple form ; as, hard, soft, good. The comparative... | |
 | Ethan Allen Andrews - Latin language - 1874 - 284 pages
...ADJECTIVES. The comparison of an adjective is the expression of its quality in dilferent degrees. There are three degrees of comparison, — the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive simply denotes a quality, without referenve to other degrees of the same quality ; as, altus, high... | |
 | Charles Robert Forrester - English language - 1876 - 88 pages
...number, or case. Thus we say, A careless BOY. Careless GIRLS. The only variation it admits, is that of the degrees of comparison. There are commonly reckoned three degrees of comparison : the positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive expresses the quality of an object, without any increase... | |
 | Auguste Brachet - 1876 - 184 pages
...DECREES OF SIG-KTIFICATIOW IZT ADJECTIVES. 65. There are three degrees of signification in adjectives: the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive is the adjective itself: mon cheval est noir = my horse is black; (noir = black, which expresses simply a quality, is the positive).... | |
 | James Scotson - 1876 - 86 pages
...taller and tallest. These three varieties of form are called Degrees of Comparison. Adjectives have three degrees of comparison : the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The Positive Degree is the simple form of the adjective; as, " a white cat," "a Hack dog," " a nice top." We may... | |
 | Joseph Henry Gilmore - English language - 1876 - 128 pages
...that they denote. This modification gives us the Grammatical inflection known as COMPARISON. There are three degrees of comparison, the positive, the comparative and the superlative. The first is used, where no comparison is instituted between the object to which the quality is ascribed,... | |
 | Francis Andrew March - English language - 1878 - 108 pages
...describing the man on page 3. LESSON TWELFTH. [Fowler's Common School Grammar, §§ 20-97.] There are THREE DEGREES OF COMPARISON : the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive describes simply. The comparative describes as having more of a quality. The superlative describes... | |
 | David Donaldson - English language - 1878 - 72 pages
...Lesson. ATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES. Attributive Adjectives are inflected to express comparison. There are three degrees of Comparison, — the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The Positive expresses the simple quality, state, or kind ; as, Bich, low. The Comparative expresses a higher or... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - English language - 1878 - 528 pages
...a substitute for ' infinite.' ADJECTIVES.— ME Adjectives used to denote quantity and quality have three degrees of comparison — the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The Comparative and the Superlative are formed by the inflexions er and est. When an adjective ends in... | |
 | Alexander Bain - English language - 1879 - 396 pages
...the noun inflexion also, and thus become to all intents and purposes nouns. 2. There are said to be three degrees of Comparison ; the Positive, the Comparative,...and the Superlative. The Positive is the Adjective in its simple or uninflected form : 'great', 'broad', 'high'. The Comparative is formed by adding -er... | |
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