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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
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- 1The adjectives that can vary in grade and intensity has forms comparatuve and superlative.COMPARATIVE
By making comparisons we can stand out superiority and inferiority. We use comparative adjectives to show change or make comparisons: - 21.Comparatives of superiority: the adjective that is in comparative form is followed by "than”. example: Juan runs faster than Mark.2.Comparatives of inferiority: in this case we can use the conjunctions “not as…as” or “less…than”. Example: Beth is not as tall as me.
- 33.Equality Comparatives: we use the conjunction "as ... as" to form equality comparisons. example: Mark is as fast as JuanNote: We can modify a comparison with a quantifier (much, a lot, a little, slightly ...).
- 4SUPERLATIVE Superlative stands out the highest grade and is used "the" after the adjective in superlative form.example:
- 5SUPERLATIVEThe superlative denotes the highest quality, "the" is used in front of the adjective in the superlative form
- 6Examples: Juan is the fastest. Angela’s room is the cleanest. I am the tallest. New York is the biggest city in the United States.Note: If the adjective is possessive, "the" is not used. Also, "the" is not used if we compare something with itself.
- 7—Note: Some qualities can not vary in intensity or degree because they are extreme, absolute or classification adjectives. These qualities have no comparative or superlative form.
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