{"id":1494,"date":"2012-04-13T14:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2014-12-02T08:33:45","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T08:33:45","slug":"english-grammar-degree-of-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/2012\/04\/13\/english-grammar-degree-of-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"English Grammar – Degree of Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

The positive degree of an adjective is its simple form. It is used to denote the mere existence of some quality. Adjectives in the positive degree are used when no comparison is made.\u00a0 The degree of comparison<\/strong> of an adjective describes the relational value of one thing with something in another clause of a sentence. The comparative degree<\/strong> of an adjective is used to compare the quality with that of another of its kind; and the superlative degree<\/strong> is used to compare the quality with many or all others.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Tim runs fast<\/span>.<\/li>\n
  2. Tim runs faster<\/span> than Jack.<\/li>\n
  3. Peter runs fastest<\/span> among his friends.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In sentence 1, the adjective fast<\/em> says something about Tim. In sentence 2, the adjective faster<\/em> compares Tim\u2019s speed with that of Jack. In sentence 3, the adjective fastest<\/em> compares Peter\u2019s speeds with that of his friends.<\/p>\n

    Formation of comparative degree<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The comparative form of an adjective can be formed using following rules:<\/p>\n

    –\u00a0 By adding the \u2018-er\u2019 in the end to the single syllable adjectives.
    \nExamples:
    \nhard \u2013 harder
    \nslow \u2013 slower<\/p>\n

    –\u00a0 The consonant is doubled if the adjective ends with a vowel and a consonant.
    \nExamples:
    \nhot \u2013 hotter
    \nbig \u2013 bigger<\/p>\n

    – If a two-syllable word ends with \u2018-y\u2019, it is replaced with \u2018-ier\u2019
    \nExamples:
    \nhealthy \u2013 healthier
    \npretty \u2013 prettier<\/p>\n

    – Word \u2018more\u2019 is placed before the multi-syllable adjective and adverbs ending in \u2018-ly\u2019.
    \nExamples:
    \nmore prone
    \nmore expensive
    \nmore seriously
    \nmore slowly<\/p>\n

    – Some adjectives and adverbs are exceptions of these rules:
    \nExamples:
    \ngood \u2013 better
    \nbad \u2013 worse<\/p>\n

    Formation of Superlative degree<\/strong><\/p>\n

    – By adding \u2018-est\u2019 in the end of one-syllable words.
    \nExamples:
    \nlong- longest
    \ntall \u2013 tallest<\/p>\n

    – By placing \u2018the most\u2019 before the multi-syllable words.
    \nExamples:
    \nexpensive \u2013 the most expensive
    \nfamous \u2013 the most famous<\/p>\n

    – Some adjectives and adverbs are exceptions.
    \nExamples:
    \nGood \u2013 the best
    \nBad \u2013 the worst<\/p>\n

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    The positive degree of an adjective is its simple form. It is used to denote the mere existence of some quality. Adjectives in the positive degree are used when no comparison is made.\u00a0 The degree of comparison of an adjective describes the relational value of one thing with something in another clause of a sentence. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[328,469,1781],"class_list":["post-1494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-and-grammar","tag-comparative","tag-degreeofcomparison","tag-superlative"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}