 | Mr. Harrison (Ralph) - English language - 1812 - 118 pages
...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... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 598 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 598 pages
...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 - 608 pages
...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 - 622 pages
...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 - English language - 1826 - 122 pages
...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,... | |
 | H. Thompson - 1829 - 120 pages
...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 things,... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - English language - 1834 - 202 pages
...An obedient son." 364. In English, an adjective is varied only to express the degrees of comparison. There are three degrees of comparison — the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. 365. The positive degree simply describes an object ; as, " John is good." 366. The comparative degree... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Enoch Pond - English language - 1835 - 240 pages
...industrious man." The only variation which adjectives admit, is that of the degress of comparison. There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive state expresses the quality of an object, without any increase or diminution ; as, wise,... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Latin language - 1837 - 224 pages
...is sAor<, art There are two sepulchres in the gro ve. Both are ray daughters. There are three bands of horsemen. Comparison of Adjectives. There are three...comparative, and -ssimus for the superlative. Thus, 1 Ditio-Onis, f. 2 Second decl. mas. in us, i. 3 Potestas -atis, f. 4 Ars, artis, f. 5 Second decl.... | |
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There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. 
