Thursday, March 11, 2010

A note about comparisons with adjectives


dark    darker    the darkest
tall    taller    the tallest
useful    more useful    the most useful


Well, you probably know what we are talking about, Comparatives and Superlatives. However, I want to point out that we have got 3 degrees of comparisons, not only the 2 aforementioned.

My question is: besides Comparative and Superlative forms, how is it called the other one, expressed in the example above by the adjectives dark, tall, and useful?

The answer is: Positive degree

dark (Positive) darker (Comparative) the darkest (Superlative)

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