| 单词 | comparative degree |
| 例句 | Though health officials expressed concern over the country’s use of opioids, the comparative degree of the problem is less than in the United States. A Snapshot of Prescription Drug Use in Britain Sparks a Call for Alternatives 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z What a change it was to have sunshine and a comparative degree of warmth again. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Remember that the comparative degree is used in comparing two objects, the superlative in comparing three or more. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Can it be maintained that there are comparative degrees in salvation? Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z Thus, Substance corresponds to noun substantive, Quantity and Quality to the adjective, Relation partly to the comparative degree and perhaps to the preposition, When and Where to the adverbs of time and place. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" I have tormented myself much with the idea whether there is any possibility of making Roland imagine himself poor, but, if a negation is logically susceptible of the comparative degree, that is still more impossible. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine When two objects are compared, the comparative degree should be used. Every-Day Errors of Speech When two objects are compared, the second or comparative degree is used to denote more or less of the quality expressed by the adjective. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z The "suckers" who purchased stock were said to have gone through the comparative degrees of mine, miner, minus. Seeds of Pine As a rule, Americans have no comparative degree in their estimates of men. The Story of General Pershing In her moral grammar there is no positive or comparative degree. Coelebs In Search of a Wife There is no misery, after all, but what is in the comparative degree. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy More or less, used in the comparative degree, 78. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z The prepositions, in, with, from, by, and the word, than, after the comparative degree, are signs of the ablative case. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue What weight of woe we owe to thee, Accurst comparative degree! Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul The idea expressed by the comparative degree is the comparison, not of many but of two things; this is better than that. A Handbook of the English Language This determination is sometimes attended with difficulty; as strong and weak are only comparative degrees of the greater or less resistance of the pulsation of the artery to the compression of the finger. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life “More honest men, you mean—the comparative degree.” In Her Own Right The comparative degree is formed by adding ah and the superlative by adding a to the positive, but as in English they can also be formed by the use of moy, more, and moyha, most. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature Fine is an adjective because it is a quality, black because it is a colour, coarse is an adjective in its positive state, brighter is the comparative degree, and youngest is the superlative. A Week of Instruction and Amusement, or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c. B. Secondly, it may be stated of them, that the termination -er is the same termination that we find in the comparative degree. A Handbook of the English Language This arises from the fact that the general characters, upon which the descriptions are based, vary, in this genus, only in their comparative degrees of development. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology I am one already, in the comparative degree, and in a year, if our brave Leon does a man's part, I shall assume the superlative. The Man With The Broken Ear Of these, using the comparative degree, he states that the latter were the άρχαιότερα. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 She had of her own motion elected her loyal governor, and now for a year and a half the administration of the State was in a comparative degree orderly and regular. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 It is not the mere idea of comparison; although it is the comparative degree, to the expression of which the affix in question is more particularly applied. A Handbook of the English Language This is equivalent to saying that the comparative degree exceeds the superlative, that the imperfect includes the perfect, that the pupil surpasses the teacher—all of which is illogical and impossible. The Promulgation of Universal Peace It is always used with the comparative degree, to define particularly the object with which the comparison is made. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. It is impossible and bootless, to weigh the comparative degree of culpability involved in breaches of orders which cannot be justified. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain Perhaps it rarely happens that a normal, healthy man reaches a comparative degree of maturity without experiencing a quickening of his blood in the presence of a woman. Burned Bridges Here there is no unequivocal sign of the comparative degree; what, then, is the nature of the word? A Handbook of the English Language She never parsed life in the comparative degree. Stories of Childhood Here the adjective like takes the comparative degree, as it is called, to show a nearer resemblance than has been before observed between the things compared. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. His father had one time laughingly declared that the comparative degree had been entirely left out of Will's make-up and that things were usually of the superlative. Winning His "W" A Story of Freshman Year at College The accents in this movement are to be understood in a comparative degree, and are not as strong as the marks seem to indicate. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers According to one it is the positive degree with the addition of st; according to the other, it is the comparative degree with the addition only of t. A Handbook of the English Language The comparative degree of adjectives is formed by adding er, the superlative by adding est, to the positive; as, fair, fairer, fairest; lovely, lovelier, loveliest; sweet, sweeter, sweetest; low, lower, lowest; high, higher, highest. A Grammar of the English Tongue As to the first, the fact, let readers in general enquire as to the comparative degree and frequency of attention bestowed on the different kinds of topics alluded to by the doctor. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time With his disposition there was no comparative degree. Winning His "W" A Story of Freshman Year at College We can say, one thing is less than another, or smaller than another, because the adjectives less and smaller are in the comparative degree; but the phrase "lesser light," in the second sentence, is inaccurate. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures In certain words, however, the syllable m-ost is added to a word already ending in -er; that is, already marked with the sign of the comparative degree. A Handbook of the English Language There is, however, no revelation as to the comparative degree of strength imparted by each. Satan Use of the Comparative and Superlative.—The comparative degree is preferable when two things or sets of things are compared, the superlative when three or more are compared. Practical Exercises in English The comparative degree is that which is more or less than something contrasted with it: as, "A whale is larger than an elephant; a mouse is a much smaller animal than a rat." The Grammar of English Grammars The comparative degree increases or lessens the positive in signification; as, better, wiser, greater, less wise. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures In this case, it is better in speaking of only two objects to use the comparative degree rather than the superlative—even when we use the definite article the. A Handbook of the English Language Our lakes must sink with such a temperature, if the comparative degree of heat has been kept up in the upper lakes during the year. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers The inevitable consequence of even this comparative degree of intelligence had been a perception of the evils of society, such as had never before been general. Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 The comparative degree increases or lessens the positive in signification; as, wiser, greater, less wise. The Grammar of English Grammars It's the greatest and grandest verse in the Bible—or in any literature—and the TRUEST, if there are comparative degrees of trueness. Anne's House of Dreams Their number in Paris has been reckoned to exceed seven hundred; but they are very far from enjoying a comparative degree of reputation. Paris as It Was and as It Is For you ask of an art no more than this, that it shall be adequately representative: there are no comparative degrees. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett There are comparative degrees of captivity, and comparative degrees of slavery; but of liberty, our social system knows nothing but the name. Monsieur Maurice The comparative degree may increase upon itself, and be repeated to show the gradation. The Grammar of English Grammars The comparative degree is generally followed by than. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition A summary idea may be formed of the worth of any political and religious system, by observing the comparative degree of happiness and of intellect produced under its influence. A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays Better, Best While some good writers violate the rule, yet the best authorities restrict the use of the comparative degree to two objects. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Or, as our common grammarians prompt me here to say, "May not the comparative degree increase or lessen the comparative, in signification?" The Grammar of English Grammars That the comparative degree is implied between the positive and the superlative, so that there must needs be three terms before the latter is applicable, is a doctrine which I deny. The Grammar of English Grammars Lesson 128.—To how many things does the comparative degree refer? Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The interjection of wishing, earnestness, or vocative address, is O. Sooner is an adverb of time, of the comparative degree; compared, soon, sooner, soonest. The Grammar of English Grammars Than After other, otherwise, else, or an adjective in the comparative degree, than should be used, and not but or except. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking The comparative degree is that which is more or less than something contrasted with it. The Grammar of English Grammars The comparative degree, on the contrary, requires that the object spoken of be not included among those with which it is compared; as, "Eve was fairer than any of her daughters." The Grammar of English Grammars So Blair: "When only two things are compared, the comparative degree should be used, and not the superlative." The Grammar of English Grammars When two persons or things are compared, the comparative degree must be employed. The Grammar of English Grammars Former, First Former and latter being adjectives of the comparative degree, should be used in speaking of two objects. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking The comparative degree increases or lessens the meaning of the positive, and denotes a comparison between two persons or things. The Grammar of English Grammars "In the same reasoning we see the cause, why no substantive is susceptible of these comparative degrees." The Grammar of English Grammars It is better, in speaking of only two objects, to use the comparative degree rather than the superlative, even, where we use the article the. The Grammar of English Grammars |
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