Comments | linguaphiles: Superlative, Comparative, ???

reading_angel in linguaphiles

May 25, 2012 18:41

I'm sorry if this is a silly question. It feels like it ought to be obvious and I just can't think of it ( Read more... )

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nanini May 26 2012, 00:03:08 UTC

Adverb? The others are its comparative and superlative incarnations. Or adjective.

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nanini May 26 2012, 00:30:23 UTC

Ah! Great, I had no idea.
To the OP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_of_comparison

reading_angel May 26 2012, 04:10:45 UTC

Thank you for the link! I hadn't thought to look it up on Wikipedia.

reading_angel May 26 2012, 04:09:58 UTC

Aha! Thank you! I knew there had to be a term for it!

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