Comparatives and Superlatives
As we have seen, adjectives describe nouns qualities.
Some of these qualities
may vary in the degree or intensity.
As in Spanish, when we make comparisons
contrasted qualities or attributes using adjectives in their various...
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Comparatives and Superlatives
As we have seen, adjectives describe nouns qualities.
Some of these qualities
may vary in the degree or intensity.
As in Spanish, when we make comparisons
contrasted qualities or attributes using adjectives in their various degrees.
Grades of Adjectives
Adjectives that can vary in the degree or intensity have comparative and
superlative forms.
In the next section, there are rules on how to form these
comparative and superlative forms.
The positive rating
The positive degree of adjectives, we have seen above, is the quality at the
simplest level.
fast, hard, smart, pretty, clean, large, small, old, easy.
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examples:
Juan is fast.
Angela s room is clean
I am tall.
New York is big.
The comparative degree
In making comparisons, we highlight the superiority, inferiority or equality of
quality either.
The structure of each of these different degrees of comparison.
Comparative of superiority.
Superiority comparisons, the adjective, the
comparative
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