 | Goold Brown - 1826 - 122 sayfa
...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, good. The comparative degree... | |
 | Greville Ewing - 1827 - 934 sayfa
...bleued. M. and F. <f>vy»s, exile. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. Adjectives in Greek, as in other languages, have three degrees of comparison, the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. What the English commonly express, by the terminations cr and erf, the Greeks commonly express by «fo?... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1828 - 466 sayfa
...west, south, and north. OF THE DEGREES OF SIGNIFICATION OF THE ADJECTIVE. Grammarians commonly reckon three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive is the adjective expressing the quality of an object, without any increase, or diminution, as beau,... | |
 | H. Thompson - 1829 - 120 sayfa
...the adjective points out the quality — un lapin blanc, a white rabbit, une robe bleue, a blue gown. Adjectives have three degrees of comparison, the positive,* the comparative, and the superlative, as, sage, wise, plus sage, more wise, le plus sage, the most wise. Master. Observe, that in comparing... | |
 | F. C. RUINET - 1829 - 134 sayfa
...comparatif d'infériorité. OF THE DEGREES OF COMPARISON In the Adjectives. There are commonly reckoned three degrees of Comparison; the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The Positive is nothing more than the simple form of the Adjective ; as, when we say She is a lovely lady, C'est... | |
 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - 1830 - 124 sayfa
...variation (3) which it admits, is that of the degrees of comparison. There are (4) commonly reckoned three degrees of comparison ; the , Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The Positive State (5) expresses the quality of an object, without any increase or diminution ; as, good, wise,... | |
 | J. M. Putnam - 1831 - 174 sayfa
...sentence. [See note to the definition of "qualify," Part I. p. 9 To adjectives, there are commonly ascribed three degrees of comparison; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative.* The positive degree presents the adjective in its simplest^state; as, Good, wise, great. The comparative degree increases... | |
 | Lindley Murray, H. T. N. Benedict - 1832 - 204 sayfa
...these properties do not helong to them. They are varied only to express the degrees of comparison. They have three degrees of comparison: the positive, the...comparative, and the superlative. The positive degree expresses the quality of an ohJVbm. case, Pos. case, Ohj. case, . Nom. case, Pos. case, Ohj. case r... | |
 | Luiz Francisco Midosi - 1832 - 340 sayfa
...serve equally to both genders; as, homem prudente, prudent man; mulher prudente, prudent woman. It has three degrees of comparison: the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive is the simple form of the adjective, and expresses the quality of an object; as, bom, good; mau, bad;... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1833 - 240 sayfa
...nouns, and not of adjectives. Adjectives are varied only to express the degrees of comparison. They have three degrees of comparison, the Positive, the...Comparative, and the Superlative. The positive degree expresses the quality of an object without any increase or diminution ; as, good, wise, great. The... | |
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There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. 
