Adjective | Parts of Speech | Degrees of adjective? positive comparative and superlative | Sir Akram

Adjective | Parts of Speech | Degrees of adjective? positive, comparative, and superlative | Sir Akram

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positive, comparative, and superlative:
Positive: Used when there is no comparison
Comparative: Used to compare two nouns or pronouns

Superlative: Used to compare more than two nouns or pronouns

Here are some examples of adjectives in different degrees:
Positive: "This book is long"
Comparative: "This book is longer than that book"
Superlative: "This is the longest book"

Here are some tips for using adjectives:

Don't use double comparative or superlative adjectives.
Don't use "more or most" with adjectives that give an absolute sense.
When comparing two things, make sure the things are similar.
Don't use "than" with adjectives that are accompanied by "to", like "senior", "junior", "superior", "inferior", "preferable", "prefer",

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