Degrees of composition

What are the degrees of composition in grammar?

Degrees of comparison are used in grammar to show the degree of a quality or characteristic of a person, thing, or idea. The three degrees of comparison are the positive, comparative, and superlative degrees.

 

What Are the Degrees of Comparison? (With Examples)

In grammar, the degrees of comparison relate to adjectives and adverbs. Every adjective and adverb can be written in one of three degrees:

The Positive Degree. This offers no comparison. It just tells us about the existence of a quality.

For example:

Adjectives: slow, beautiful, happy

Adverbs: slowly, beautifully, happily

The clock is fast / slow.

The cat runs fast

Rony is tall.

The bridge is long.

Michael is a bad

Monica is studious.

The scenery of beautiful.

The Comparative Degree. This compares two things to show which has the lesser or greater degree of the quality. For example:

Adjectives: slower, more beautiful, happier

Adverbs: more slowly, more beautifully, more happily

This clock is faster / slower.

The cat runs faster than dogs

Rony is taller than Donald.

The Howrah Bridge is longer than the Victoria bridge.

Michael is worse than Adam.

Monica is more studious than Mary.

The scenery in this room is more beautiful than the one in that room.

The Superlative Degree. This compares more than two things to show which has the least or greatest degree of the quality. For example:

Adjectives: slowest, most beautiful, happiest

Adverbs: most slowly, most beautifully, most happily

This clock is faster than that clock / slower.

The cat runs faster than all other animals

The cheetah runs faster than all other animals

Rony is the tallest person in the room.

The Howrah Bridge is the longest bridge in the world.

Michael is the worst person I’ve seen.

Monica is the most studious student in the room.

That scenery is the most beautiful scenery of all.