 | Mr. Harrison (Ralph) - 1812 - 118 էջ
...and inflect the substantives, by which he will learn to distinguish their grammatical properties. 55. There are three degrees of comparison ; the POSITIVE, the COMPARATIVE, and the suFERLATIVE. 56. The positive expresses the simple quality j as hard. 57. The comparative somewhat... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 598 էջ
...toward his own justification, he should go somewhat into detail. .1 ,. It is known to grammarians that there are three degrees of comparison, the positive, the comparative, and the superlative : it is Known 'to householders that there are three floors to let, — the ground, ' the first, and... | |
 | 1823 - 622 էջ
...that, toward his own justification, he should go somewhat into detail. It is known to grammarians that there are three degrees of comparison, the positive, the comparative, and the superlative : it is known to householders that there are three floors to let, — the ground, the first, and the... | |
 | 1823 - 608 էջ
...that, toward his own justification, he should go somewhat into detail. It is known to grammarians that there are three degrees of comparison, the positive, the comparative, and the superlative : it is known to householders that there are three floors to let, — the ground, the first, and the... | |
 | 1823 - 598 էջ
...that, toward his own justification, he should go somewhat into detail. It is known to grammarians that there are three degrees of comparison, the positive, the comparative, and the superlative : it is known to householders that there are three floors to let, — the ground, the first, and the... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1826 - 122 էջ
...a variation of the adjective, to express quality in different degrees ; as, hard, harder, hardest. There are three degrees of comparison; the positive,...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... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1828 - 466 էջ
...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,... | |
 | F. C. RUINET - 1829 - 134 էջ
...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 էջ
...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 էջ
...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... | |
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