The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1893 - 288 pages |
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Page 110
... Comparatives and Super- latives . There are two ways of forming the degrees of comparison : 1. Add to the Positive -er to form the comparative and -est to form the superlative , in the case of all words of one syllable and some words of ...
... Comparatives and Super- latives . There are two ways of forming the degrees of comparison : 1. Add to the Positive -er to form the comparative and -est to form the superlative , in the case of all words of one syllable and some words of ...
Page 111
... comparative and superlative . 115. Remarks on the Irregular Comparative Forms . Better comes from a root which we have in the words bootless , meaning of no good ' ; booty ; to boot , meaning ' to the good . ' Best = bet - est . Worse ...
... comparative and superlative . 115. Remarks on the Irregular Comparative Forms . Better comes from a root which we have in the words bootless , meaning of no good ' ; booty ; to boot , meaning ' to the good . ' Best = bet - est . Worse ...
Page 112
... comparative rather , which we use as an adverb : ' I would rather go ' = I would sooner go than not go , if I had ... comparative form - er was coined . Hence the word former breaks up into these elements ; root fore , superlative suffix ...
... comparative rather , which we use as an adverb : ' I would rather go ' = I would sooner go than not go , if I had ... comparative form - er was coined . Hence the word former breaks up into these elements ; root fore , superlative suffix ...
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