Another example is given below

Very few countries in the world are as large as China. (Positive) China is larger than most other countries in the world. (Comparative) China is one of the largest countries in the world. (Superlative)

No other man was as strong as Hercules. (Positive) Hercules was stronger than any other man. (Comparative) Hercules was the strongest man in the world. (Superlative)

No other boy in the class is as intelligent as James. (Positive) James is more intelligent than any other boy in the class. (Comparative) James is the most intelligent boy in the class. (Superlative)

 Very few Indian saints were as popular as Vivekananda. (Positive) Vivekananda was more popular than most other Indian saints. (Comparative) Vivekananda was one of the most popular Indian saints.  (Superlative)

 Maria is not as intelligent as Sonia. (Positive) Sonia is more intelligent than Maria. (Comparative)

When a comparison is made between two individuals we do not normally use the superlative.

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Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Degrees of   comparison

Adjective : A verb which is adding more meaning to the noun or pronoun called adjective.Category 1:Positive   degree    Comparative   degree        Superlative   Degree little                              less                                                least small                             less                                                leastmuch                            more                                              most

far                               farther                                             farthest

far                              further                                           furthermostnear                           nearer                                             nearest,nextgood                             better                                               best well                              better                                              best  bad                               worse                                              worst evil                               worse                                             worst

category 2 :costly                         costlier                                            costliestsmooth                      smoother                                           smoothestcategory three:the following adjectives suffixes take more in comparative degree and most in superlative degree-ant,-ive,-our, -ish,-like, -some,-ie,-ice,-al,-ent,-ful,-en,-ed,-ingfor ex:-  P.V                         C.D                               S.Dnegotiable,        more negotiable                most negotiable

model-1 :Superlative degree with out equal superlative degree for anything which is in number one position.ex1 : S.D:       Anil is richest person in India        C.D        Anil is richer than any other person in India        P.V          no other person in India is as rich as Anil

ex : 2 S.D: China is most populated country in the world.         C.D    China is more populated than any other country in

the world         P.V    no other country in the world is as populated as China   . model 2 : superlative degree with equal or any thing which is not number position .ex :     Anil is one of the richest person in the India          Anil is richer than many other persons in India           very few persons in India are as rich as Anilex 2:   HIMS is one of the best spoken English institute in the                twin cities          HIMS is better than many other spoken English in twin cities          very few spoken English institutes in twin cities are as good            as  hims  model 3:  negative superlative degree                 this is used for correction shakeex1 :     Indian ocean is not the deepest ocean            Indian ocean is not deeper than some other ocean's            some other ocean's are at least as deep as Indian oceanex 2 :   India is not most populated country in the world           India is not more populated than  some other countries in the                     world         model :4 positive comparison between two             it has no superlative degreeType 1:ex 1:      a cheetah is faster than a dear             a dear is not so fast as cheetah

ex 2:     a pound is costlier than dollar             a dollar is not so costly as poundtype 2:-ex1:      a cheetah runs faster than a dear             a dear  doesn't run so fast as cheetahex:2      she speaks English faster than her brother             her brother doesn't speak English so well as she speaksType 3:-EX:1              she likes chocolates more than sweet more than sweets             she doesn't like sweets so much so much as chocolatesEX 2:              she reads novels more than poems              she doesn't read poems so much as novelsType 4:ex1:-      we speak English better  now              we doesn't speak English so well as nowModal 5: negative comparison between two .It has no superlative                 degree EX1:    dear is not faster than cheetah              cheetah is at least as fast as dearEX2:      India is not more populated than china              china is at least as populated as India