on suffix or comparison auxiliary, while the superiority forms (the comparative and superlative) are the marked members, distinguished by the comparison suffixes or comparison auxiliaries.are grammarians who say that there are two more comparisons with the positive form of the adjective words. [Bryant, Margaret, p. 326.] are:
a) Degree of Equalityparison is used to compare two persons, animals or things to tell us that they are equal - having the same quality.are two cats with the same height and weight, and look the same except for the colour.we say: brown cat is as beautiful as the grey cat. (Both the cats are the same.) Word beautiful is an adjective in the positive form, and with the conjunction as ... as it expresses the degree of equality.
b ) Degree of Inequalitycomparison is used to compare two persons, animals or things to tell us that they are not equal - not having the same quality.: brown cat is < b align="justify"> not so beautiful as the black and white cat. (They are not the same.) Word beautiful is an adjective in the positive form, and with the conjunction so ... as (and the negative not) it expresses the degree of inequality
The comparative degree
In grammar lt; # justify gt; The house was as large as two put together.so/ not as ... ascoat of paint is not as [not so] fresh as it used to be.same ... ascar is the same size as the old one./more ... thancost me more to rent than I had hoped.) adverbsEnglish, adverbs are usually formed by adding -ly to the end of an adjective. In the comparative, more (or less) is added before the adverb .: This sofa seats three people more comfortably than the other one.irregular adverbs such as fast or hard do not use more, but add an -er suffix, as the adjectives do .: My new car starts faster than the old onestudies harder than her sister does.some one-syllable adjectives, the comparative of adjectives may be used interchangeably with the comparative of adverbs, with no change in meaning :: My new car starts more quickly than the old one.new car starts quicker than the old one., if the adjective has an irregular comparative, then the adverb must use it :: She writes better than I do.threw the ball farther than his brother did.are also a number of adverbs compared irregularly. Here are some of them.adverbs are never compared. They express qualities unsuitable for comparison. Here are some of them: again, almost, before, ever, never, here, there, now, then, there, thus, too, twice, very.
WellBetterBestBadlyWorseWorstMuchMoreMostLittleLessLeastLateLaterLastFarFarther furtherFarthest furthest
* The Superlative Degree .
In grammar lt; # justify gt; There are some writing rules, when we form superlative.
. If the adjective ALREADY ends in -E, then we simply add -ST? the nicest safe? the safest
. If the adjective ends in a consonant + -Y, it change Y to i before adding -EST? the prettiest friendly? the friendliest
. If the adjective ends in a consonant + vowel + consonant combination, double the final consonant before adding -EST? the biggestNOT double the consonant in words ending in -W or -Y? the slowest coy? the coyest
Null comparative
The null comparative is a comparative in which the starting point for comparison lt; # justify gt; 1.5 Stylistic potential of degrees of comparison
there are a lot of adjectives in the text and sometimes they are used sparingly. As we know, one of the main functions of adjectives is to give more expressive description to the entities found in a text; so, the use of more adjectives will result in the descriptive richness of the text, whereas a lack of them may result in descriptive sparseness or thinness. A lot of adjectives may, however, make the style of the text ornate (or flowery), and slow down the action in the text, as one feels that one has to concentrate one s attention on the details of static entities or phenomena. use of comparatives is self-explanatory, and shows the interest the text has in relating the qualities of something to those of another thing. Superlatives may also serve the same purpose, but they may reveal the interest the text has in viewing things in terms of extremes (a few of these s...
