 | Goold Brown - 1826 - 122 σελίδες
...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.... | |
 | Charles Follen - 1828 - 318 σελίδες
...; bit ©elieb'te, the beloved woman. § 2. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. The degrees of comparison are the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The comparative is formed by adding r or er, and the superlative by adding ft, or Cft, to the end of the simple word, or positive;... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1828 - 466 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | F. C. RUINET - 1829 - 134 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - 1830 - 124 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | J. M. Putnam - 1831 - 174 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Luiz Francisco Midosi - 1832 - 340 σελίδες
...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;... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1832 - 204 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | William Gambold - 1833 - 188 σελίδες
...aidd and ol in sancteiddiol, hallowed, &c. CHAP. XVIII. THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. ADJECTIVES have three degrees of comparison; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive, being the fountain or original word, betokens a thing without any regard to or comparing... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1833 - 240 σελίδες
...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,... | |
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There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. 
