 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 páginas
...Adjectives which denote qualities susceptible of increase or diminution, admit of comparison. ( 1 ) There are three degrees of comparison, — the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The POSITIVE degree is the simple form of the adjective ; as — wise. The COMPARATIVE denotes a greater... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1871 - 80 páginas
...What is an adjective? — a qualifying adjective 7 — a limiting adjective ': DEGREES OF COMPARISON. There are three degrees of comparison — the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. As, boH. bo'der, boldes*. cold, colder, coldest The positive degree is the simple form of the adjective... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1847 - 274 páginas
...Time is short, Tempus est brevis. Lions are bold, Leo sunt audax. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. § 31. There are three Degrees of Comparison, the Positive, the Comparative and the Superlative. FORMATION OP THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE. The comparative is formed by annexing ior to the root,*... | |
 | Vocabulary - 1847 - 50 páginas
...ADJECTIVES. An Adjective expresses some Property of a Noun. To Adjectives there belongs Comparison. There are three Degrees of Comparison ; The Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The Positive Degree is the simple state of the Adjective. The Comparative, increases the Positive one... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - 1847 - 228 páginas
...The 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* is that which expresses the simple state of the quality ; as, good, wise. The... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1848 - 324 páginas
...is a 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, soft,... | |
 | B. Du Gué - 1848 - 230 páginas
...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,... | |
 | George Gerard (professor of French.) - 1848 - 408 páginas
...they not all equal ? Are not these ladies impartial ? 80 DEGREES OF SIGNIFICATION OF THE ADJECTIVE. There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive, is the adjective without increase or diminution ; as, beau, belle, constant, constante.... | |
 | Harriet Smith - 1848 - 44 páginas
...the Adjective admits is that of the degrees of Comparison. How many degrees of Comparison are there ? There are three degrees of Comparison, the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. How does the Positive express the Adjective ? Without making the Adjective more, and without making... | |
 | Léon Contanseau - 1849 - 228 páginas
...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... | |
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There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. 
