Superlative
the superlative is the form of an adverb or adjective that expresses a degree of the adverb or
adjective being used that is greater than any other possible degree of the
given descriptor. English superlatives are typically formed with the suffix -est (e.g. healthiest, weakest) or the word most(most recent, most interesting).
Example of superlative: "she is [the] most beautiful [of all
the women here tonight]"
Simply put the word 'superlative' is defined as
·
(a noun) an exaggerated
mode of expression (usually of praise): "the critics lavished superlatives
on it";
·
(an adjective) the
greatest: the highest in quality;
·
the superlative form of
an adjective: "best" is the superlative form of "good",
"most" when used together with an adjective or adverb.
Comperative
The comparative in English is generally expressed by a combination
of two elements/words, by a focusing element (-er, more, less, as) and a second word introducing the second part
of the comparison (as or than). As described in the following section, the suffix -er is used with many adjectives, particularly monosyllabic ones (and
some adverbs), and more is used with all other words (other adjectives
and adverbs, nouns). The particular suffixes/words that express the comparative
are in bold in the following examples:
a. She is smarter than him.
b. She is more intelligent than him.
c. Your music is nicer than my music.
d. Your music is more pleasant than my music.
e. Sam helps less often than Susan does.
f. He laughs more than you do.
g. More boys wanted to play than girls.
h. Tom is as annoying as he is useless.
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