Degrees of comparison

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Degrees of comparison
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It is also known as comparison of adjectives. There are three forms of
adjectives:
Positive
Comparative and
Superlative.
Ravi’s mango is sweet.
Raju’s mango is sweeter than Ravi’s.
Raghu’s mango is the sweetest of all mangoes.
The adjective ‘sweet’ merely states the existence of quality of
sweetness. Thus the adjective ‘sweet’ is in POSITIVE FORM.
The adjective ‘sweeter’ states that Raju’s mango has got some
higher degree of quality of sweetness than Ravi’s mango. So the adjective
sweeter is in the COMPARITIVE FORM.

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The adjective’ sweetest’ states that Raghu’s mango has the highest degree
of quality of sweetness than any other’s mango. So the adjective ‘sweetest’
is in the SUPERLATIVE FORM.
SUPERLATIVE IS USED ONLY WHEN MORE THAN TWO PERSONS OR
THINGS ARE COMPARED.
Model 1 & 2:
In these models only two persons or two things are compared. In these
models we have only POSITIVE & COMPARATIVE FORMS.
Vizag is as large as Hyderabad. (Pos.)
Hyderabad is not larger than Vizag. (Comp.)
Shyam is not so intelligent as Ram. (Pos. )
Ram is more intelligent than Shyam. (Comp.)

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Model No. 3:
No other teacher in the school teaches so/as well as Subbarao. (Pos.)
Subbarao teaches better than any other teacher in the school.
(Comp.)
No other teacher in the school teaches better than Subbarao. (Comp.)
Subbarao teaches the best in the school. (Sup.)
Model No. 4
Sachin is one of the best batsman in India. (Sup.)
Very few bats men in India are as good as Sachin. (P)
Sachin is better than most/many other batsmen in India. (C)

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