Degrees of comparison
With a view to comparing quality/quantity,degrees of change are used.It means to express some one /something quality/quantity without comparing,comparing between two same person/thing and comparing among all/many.When there is no comparison,a positive degree is used.When there is comparison between two same person/thing,a comparative degree is used.When there is comparison among all,a superlative degree is used.So ,we can say ;degrees of change are of three kinds.They are 1)positive,2)comparative and3)superlative
How to build/form different degrees
1)Usually we have to add er after a positive degree to make it comparative degree and est after a positive degree to make it superlative degree.For example;
positive comparative superlative
cold colder coldest
poor poorer poorest
big bigger biggest
fat fatter fattest
fine finer finest
wise wiser wisest
dry drier driest
pretty prettier prettiest
gay gayer gayest
2)when there is two or more syllable in a positive degree,to make it comparative degree more/less will have to be placed before the positive degree and most/least will be added before the positive degree to make it superlative degree.For example;
positive comparative superlative
beautiful more/less beautiful most/least beautiful
honest more/less honest most/least honest
interesting more/less interesting most/least interesting
3)There is no rule for making comparative/superlative degree from the following positive degree:-
positive comparative superlative
good better best
bad/evil/ill worse worst
much/many more most
old older/elder oldest/eldest
fore former foremost/first
late later latest
4)when the following adverbs are used for comparison,they will be used as adjective and changed in the following way:-
positive comparative superlative
up upper uppermost
out outer utmost
far farther farthest
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