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  2. Comparison (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    For the comparative superlative they use the words "mais" and "più" between the article and the adjective, like "most" in English. For the absolute superlative they either use "muito"/"molto" and the adjective or modify the adjective by taking away the final vowel and adding issimo (singular masculine), issima (singular feminine), íssimos ...

  3. Comparative - Wikipedia

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    If an adjective has two comparative markers, it is known as a double comparative (e.g. more louder, worser). The use of double comparatives is generally associated with Appalachian English and African American Vernacular English, though they were common in Early Modern English and were used by Shakespeare. [9] [10]

  4. English adjectives - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, colour terms marked as plural (e.g., the reds in the painting) are nouns while those marked as comparative (e.g., redder) or superlative (e.g., reddest) are adjectives. However, the categorization of colour terms is less clear in cases like The foliage emerged, becoming deep green as the summer unfolds.

  5. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    The past participle adjective repeated becomes repeatedly by adding -ly after it. [citation needed] Most adverbs form comparatives and superlatives by modification with more and most: often, more often, most often; smoothly, more smoothly, most smoothly (see also comparison of adjectives, above).

  6. Suppletion - Wikipedia

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    The numeral sok ("many/a lot") has the comparative több and the superlative legtöbb. The adverb kicsit ("a little") has the comparative kevésbé and the superlative legkevésbé . Many inflected forms of personal pronouns are formed by using the suffix as the base: nekem ("to me") from -nak/-nek (dative suffix) and -em (first person singular ...

  7. Brown Corpus - Wikipedia

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    adjective JJA: adjective + Auxiliary JJC: adjective, Comparative JJCC: Adjective + Conjunction JJS: semantically superlative adjective (chief, top) JJF: Adjective + Female JJM: Adjective + Male NN: singular or mass noun NNA: Noun + Auxiliary NNC: Noun + Conjunction NNS: plural noun NNP: proper noun or part of name phrase NNPC: proper noun ...

  8. Adjective - Wikipedia

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    An adjective (abbreviated adj.) is a word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase.Its semantic role is to change information given by the noun. Traditionally, adjectives are considered one of the main parts of speech of the English language, although historically they were classed together with nouns. [1]

  9. English determiners - Wikipedia

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    The degree determiners much/many, little/few, and their comparative and superlative forms more, most, less/fewer, least/fewest all express quantification. Where two forms are given, the first is used with non-count nouns and the second with count nouns (although in colloquial English less and least are frequently also used with count nouns).