Lecture 25.ppt

Lecture 25 Comparison and Comparative Constructions When appearing in comparative constructions, adjectives and adverb take special grammatical forms which are called “forms of comparison”. 25.1 Comparison of adjectives and adverbs There are three degrees of comparison: positive/absolute degree, comparative degree and superlative degree. The first is just the base form of an adjective or adverb. The second and third may be regular or irregular. 1) Regular comparison of adjectives Comparison in relation to a higher or the highest degree is expressed by the inflected forms in –er or est, or