Degrees of Comparison are used when we compare one person or one thing with
another.
They are:
1. Positive degree.
2. Comparative degree.
3. Superlative degree.
1.Positive degree.
When we speak about only one person or thing,We use the Positive degree.
Examples:
• He is a tall student.
• He is an intelligent boy.
2.Comparative degree.
Examples:
(er) digunakan pada saat kata sifat hanya mempunyai satu / dua suku kata.
“as .... as” memiliki arti sama, jadi kalo ‘as big as’ artinya sama besar
The term “bigger” is comparative version of the term “big”.
more diganakan pada saat kata sifatnya memiliki 3 atau lebih suku kata.
example : careful=more careful
3.Superlative degree:
When we compare more than two persons or things with one another,
Examples:
This house is bigger than any other house in this street. (Comparative)
This flower is more beautiful than any other flower in this garden. (Comparative)
The term “most beautiful” is the superlative version of the term “beautiful”.
Among the members of the group, Mr. Clinton speaks most effectively.
All the terms used in the above-examples are either adjectives or adverbs.
Examples:
Unemployment is more serious than any other problem facing our country.
Examples:
Examples:
ii. This is not better than few other solutions to this problem.
iii. Other solutions to this problem are not as good as this one.
Few adjectives and adverbs get their Comparative forms by simply getting “more” before
them.
Examples:
Few adjectives and adverbs get their Comparative forms by simply getting “er” after
them and their superlative terms, by getting “est” after them.
Examples:
Hard……………..harder……………..hardest
Big……………….bigger…………….biggest
Tall……………..taller……………tallest
Long………………longer………………longest
Short……………..shorter……………….shortest
Costly…………………costlier……………costliest
Simple………………….simpler………….simplest