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" There are three degrees of signification, the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive is the adjective expressing the quality of an object, without any increase or diminution, as beau, belle (fine). "
The public school elementary French grammar, adapted by P.H.E. Brette and G ... - Page 40
by Auguste Brachet - 1876
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A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the French Tongue: In which the ...

Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - French language - 1828 - 466 pages
...DEGREES OF SIGNIFICATION OF THE ADJECTIVE. Grammarians commonly reckon three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive is the adjective expressing the quality of an object, without any increase, or diminution, as beau, belle. EXERCISE....
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A New and Complete Grammar, of the French Tongue, in which the Author Has ...

Joseph F. A. Boeuf - French language - 1829 - 274 pages
...DEGREES OF SIGNIFICATION OF THB ADJECTIVE. Grammarians commonly reckon three degrees of signification ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative, The positive is the adjective expressing the quality of an object, without any increase or diminution ; as, bavu, handsome ; grand,...
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The French Teacher: Being a New and Methodized Plan of Grammatical ...

Saint Phorien André - French language - 1830 - 518 pages
...termination. OF THE DEGREES OF SIGNIFICATION OF THE ADJECTIVES. There are three degrees of signification, the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive is the adjective expressing the quality of an object, without any increase or diminution, as beau, belle (fine). The...
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New grammar of French grammars

Alain Auguste Victor de Fivas - 1840 - 328 pages
...consens ces f. OF THE DEGREES OF COMPARISON. There are commonly reckoned three degrees of comparison; the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The Positive is the adjective itself, merely expressing the quality of an object, without any comparison ; as, Un enfant sage et studieux....
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A French and English grammar

P. Droz - 1842 - 262 pages
...pernicieux (g) maxime, f sensible woman. tensé (a) OF THE DIFFERENT DEGREES OF SIGNIFICATION IN ADJECTIVES. There are three degrees of signification in adjectives...the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. (a) The positive is the adjective without comparison : Mon livre est beau. My book is beautiful. comparatives,...
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French Course: Or, Theoretical and Practical System of the French Language ...

George Gerard (professor of French.) - French language - 1848 - 408 pages
...ladies impartial ? 80 DEGREES OF SIGNIFICATION OF THE ADJECTIVE. There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive, is the adjective without increase or diminution ; as, beau, belle, constant, constante. The comparative, draws a comparison...
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A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the French Tongue

Jean Pons Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1850 - 566 pages
...m. DEGREES OF SIGNIFICATION IN THE ADJECTIVE. Adjectives have three degrees of signification, viz. the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive is the adjective itself, without any increase or diminution, as beau, belle, &c. A child gentle, aimable, and docile, is beloved...
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Complete course of French (by A. Sears).

André Sears - 1850 - 424 pages
...A Grecian chief. guerrier, m. 16. DEGREES or COMPARISON. There are three degrees of comparison, — the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive is the adjective itself: — sage, wise. 17. The comparative is formed by placing plus, more; moins, less; aussi, as, before...
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A Grammar of the French Tongue

G. Cambier - 1851 - 342 pages
...Degrees of Signification of the Adjective. Grammarians commonly reckon three degrees of signification : the positive, the comparative, and the superlative. The positive is the adjective expressing the quality of a substantive, without decrease or diminution ; as, an ambitious man, un...
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Elementary Latin grammar. [With] Latin exercises

Leonhard Schmitz - 1852 - 174 pages
...highest degree, every language has some means of expressing these degrees. Their number is three — the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The positive is the adjective in its fundamental form — as bonus, good; felix, happy : fortis, brave. 71. When a comparison is...
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