 | Caleb Farnum (Jr.) - 1848 - 132 pàgines
...object with another. This variation of the adjective is called COMPARISON. There are commonly reckoned three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive simply expresses the quality of an object, without comparing it with any other object ; as, hard, long,... | |
 | B. Du Gué - 1848 - 230 pàgines
...substantives in forming their plural. See No. 170, &c. DEGREES OF COMPARISON* DEGREES OF COMPARISON. There are three degrees of comparison — the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. 212. Adjectives are all compared thus: — Positive, Comparative relative, of equality. of inferiority,... | |
 | Léon Contanseau - 1849 - 228 pàgines
...less. Petit, Saint, Vieux, Vilain, little. holy. old. ugly. FORMATION OP 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, il est savant ; he is learned. 2. The Comparative is the... | |
 | Alfred May - 1849 - 192 pàgines
...strange person, fremmande personer strange persons. The Comparison of Adjectives. Swedish adjectives have three degrees of comparison; the Positive, the Comparative and the Superlative. The comparative is formed by adding are to the positive, and the superlative by ast, as: skön beautiful,... | |
 | André Sears - 1850 - 426 pàgines
...Grecian women. bain, m. 1 vente, f. voix, f. 7 A Grecian chief. guerrier, m. 16. DEGREES or COMPARISON. There are three degrees of comparison, — the positive,...the comparative, and the superlative. The positive is the adjective itself: — sage, wise. 17. The comparative is formed by placing plus, more; moins,... | |
 | 1850 - 654 pàgines
...expresses a greater or lesser degree of the qualification. ' These are termed degrees of comparison." " There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative." The distinctions are founded in nature, and, therefore, in one form or another, must exist in every language... | |
 | John White - 1850 - 192 pàgines
...pleasing. The howling tempest raged with great fury. The tiger is a fierce animal. Adjectives have three degrees of comparison ; the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The Positive expresses the simple quality ; as, Great, small. The Comparative denotes a higher or lower degree than... | |
 | Reuben Harvey - 1851 - 128 pàgines
...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, the extreme of that extension.... | |
 | Henry Corpe - 1851 - 208 pàgines
...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, to the positive ; as атгXоЙS,... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1853 - 204 pàgines
...obedient son." 364. In English, an adjective is varied only to express the degrees of comparison. '1 'here are three degrees of comparison — the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. 365. The positive degree simply describes an object; aa, " John is good." 366. The comparative degree... | |
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There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. 
