 | Goold Brown - 1826 - 122 pages
...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.... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1828 - 466 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1833 - 240 pages
...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,... | |
 | William Gambold - 1833 - 188 pages
...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Enoch Pond - 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, great.... | |
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There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. 
