 | James Ross - 1818 - 194 pàgines
...only, which are capable of having their signification increased, or diminished, can be comparedThere are three degrees of comparison, the Positive, Comparative, and Superlative. The Positive simply declares a quality ; as, longos, long, lënïs, mild ; felix, happy. The Comparative heightens... | |
 | Archibald N. Carmichael - 1828 - 202 pàgines
...eíixvugí -(>) -utfa/c -wr/ (v) &e/xrjtraç -ива; -WTO. -иной -uvra COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. There are three Degrees of Comparison ; the Positive, Comparative, and Superlative. The most common form of Comparison is by adding rsfof, a, on, for the Comparative, and raros, 1> ov, for... | |
 | Charles Harrison Lyon - 1834 - 144 pàgines
...ADJECTIVES. The comparison of adjectives is the expression of their signification in different degrees.* There are three degrees of comparison, the positive. comparative, and superlative. The positive degree is the unchanged form of the adjective. The comparative increases or diminishes the signification... | |
 | I. Lowndes - 1837 - 758 pàgines
...îTcXXouç» «V5 a, V. тгвХи, -»"oXXj, ffoXu, TToXXoî, aï, a. COMPARISON. Adjectives have three degrees of comparison, the Positive, Comparative and Superlative. The Positive is the natural formation of the word, as атг. The Comparative is formed by adding reçoç, as, ç, and... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - 1840 - 118 pàgines
...; as, «¡Wr^, twentieth, &c. The letters of the Alphabet are used to denote the natural numbers. ^ DEGREES OF COMPARISON. There are three Degrees of...Comparison, the Positive, , Comparative, and Superlative. *£- Adjectives ending in «. having a long Penult, form the Comparative by changing f into «gef,... | |
 | Edward Ward Foster - 1840 - 48 pàgines
...prefixed to a noun, whether that noun be in the singular or plural number: as, a good wife; good wives. There are three degrees of Comparison: the POSITIVE, COMPARATIVE, and SUPERLATIVE. The Positive expresses quality, without increase or diminution: as, fine. The Comparative lessens or increases the... | |
 | John Millen - 1846 - 134 pàgines
...words beginning with a vowel or silent h ; as, an army, on acorn, an hostler. Adjectives are varied by Degrees of Comparison. There are three Degrees of...Comparative, and Superlative. The Positive is the simple form ; as, sweet, large, beautiful. The Comparative expresses a higher or lower degree of a... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1846 - 272 pàgines
...the adjective expressing the property by means of which they are compared, undergoes a change called comparison. There are three degrees of comparison,...positive., comparative, and superlative. , The positive simply denotes a quality; as, righteous, pleasant. a quality in a higher degree than the other as^... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1848 - 270 pàgines
...the adjective expressing the property by means of which they are compared, undergoes a change called comparison, There are three degrees of comparison,...positive., comparative, and superlative. The positive simply denotes a quality; as, righteous, pleasant. a quality in a higher degree than the other ; as,... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1848 - 220 pàgines
...the adjective expressing the property by means of which they are compared, undergoes a change called comparison. There are three degrees of comparison,...positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive simply denotes a quality ; as, righteous, pleasant. The comparative shows that one of two objects possesses... | |
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... comparison. There are three degrees of comparison, — the positive., comparative, and superlative. , The positive simply denotes a quality; as, righteous, pleasant. a quality in a higher degree than the other as^ This tree is taller than that. 
