 | Mr. Harrison (Ralph) - 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... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Goold Brown - 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,... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1832 - 230 pages
...two <Ae grove. Both are wiy daughters. There are three bands of horsemen. Comparison of Adjectives. There are three degrees of comparison, the positive, the comparative, and the superlative ; as, Positive, high; Comparative, higher; Superlative, highest. RULE. Decline the positive down to... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1834 - 202 pages
...common noun ? XXX. OF ADJECTIVES. 363. AN ADJF.CTIVF. is a word joined to a noun, to describe or deline it ; as, " An obedient son." 364. In English, an adjective...365. The positive degree simply describes an object ; as, " John is good." 366. The comparative degree increases or lessens the positive in meaning ; as,... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Enoch Pond - 1835 - 240 pages
...quality ; as, " an 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,... | |
 | Ezekiel Cheever - 1838 - 84 pages
...i. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. Adjectives, whose signification may be increased, or diminished, admit of comparison. There are three degrees of comparison...the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The Positive signifies the thing absolutely, without excess ; as, durus, hard ; brevis, short. Magnlficus,... | |
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There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. 
