Comparison of Adjective

Comparison Of Adjective




Change in the form of adjectives to show comparison, is called Degrees of comparison.

There are three degrees of comparison-

1.Positive Degree

2.Comparative Degree

3.Superlative Degree




1.Positive Degree- The positive degrees of an adjective merely indicates a quality of a thing but does not make any comparison, is called positive degree.

Example-

Raja is a good boy.

Raju is as good as his brother.




In first sentence adjective - good expresses a quality of goodness in Raja.

In second example adjective - good expresses equally a quality of goodness in Raju and his brother.

Hence, in both sentences adjective "Good" is in positive degree..




2. Comparative Degree- The comparative degree of an adjective denotes a higher degree of the quality than the the positive and is used when two things are compared, is called comparative degree.

Example-

Mohan is taller than Sohan.

Gold is better than silver.

In first sentence adjective- taller compares two persons for only one quality.

In second sentence betters compares two things for a quality.

In both sentences taller and better compare two persons or things for only one quality respectively hence, taller and better are in comparative degree.




3.Superlative Degree- An adjective that denotes the highest or the lowest degree of a quality and is used when more than one things are compared.

Example-

Mr. U.S Sharma is the oldest man in the family.

Silidag is the smallest village in Jharkhand.




In first sentence adjective- oldest expresses grand in family.

In second sentence adjective- smallest expresses little in village.

Hence, oldest and smallest both are in superlative degree.




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