 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
 | Thomas Murby (publisher.) - 1879 - 200 pages
...long, longer, longest; small, smaller, smallest. This is called the Comparison of Adjectives. There are three degrees of comparison, the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The Positive degree is the simple adjective ; as, safe, great. The Comparative degree is formed by adding r or er... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - English language - 1880 - 280 pages
...Adjectives. Comparison of adjectives is their variation to express different degrees of quality. There are three degrees of comparison — the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The Positive degree denotes a quality without a comparison; as, long, small; "Gold is hard." The Comparative degree... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1851 - 1124 pages
...to express quality in different degrees: as, hard, harder, hardest; soft, softer, softest. 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, "An elephant is large;... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - English language - 1880 - 208 pages
...comparison of adjectives is the variation by which they express different degrees of quality. There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive degree expresses the simple state of the quality : Wise, good, active. The comparative degree denotes... | |
 | Alain Auguste Victor de Fivas - 1882 - 330 pages
...maigre Tout ^général lqfficier étaient present. — The old and the new soldiers did wocprésent vieux nouveau soldat firent pr. art. merders. —...an object, without any comparison ; as, Un enfant sage et studieux. \ A well-behaved and studious child. EXEKCISE XIV. She is satisfied with her lot.... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1882 - 168 pages
...variation of the adjective, to express quality in different degrees ; as, hard, harder, hardest. 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, sofi, good. The comparative... | |
 | Grammar - 1883 - 136 pages
...Comparison is the comparing of one thing with another, and shows us the differences between them. There are three degrees of comparison, — the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The positive degree shows the thing just as it is without making it either larger or less. The comparative degree... | |
 | F. F. Moritz Foerster - 1883 - 168 pages
...su criada de Vmd.? 21. THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. 1. The Comparative.—The Spanish adjective has three degrees of comparison: the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The comparative is formed by' placing mas (more) before the positive; as, rico, rich. mas rico, richer.... | |
 | George Ogilvie - 1884 - 178 pages
...mindful. Sen-ex, gen. -is, old. Am-ans, gen. -antis, loving. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. 24. There are three degrees of comparison, the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The comparative is formed by adding -lor, the superlative by adding -issiimis, to the stem of the positive,... | |
 | George Hodgdon Ricker - English language - 1887 - 112 pages
...express quality or quantity in different degrees. Hard, harder, hardest. Wise, wiser, wisest. There are three degrees of comparison : the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive is the simplest form of the adjective. The comparative of monosyllables is regularly formed from the positive... | |
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