Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Degrees of Comparison

There are three degrees.

                  1)The Positive degree

                  2)The Comparative degree

                  3)The Superlative degree


1)Positive :No other ---------as+adj.+as---------.

               No other ---------so+adj+as ---------.

2)Comparative: -----------more+adj+than any other ----------.

                      ------------adj+er+than any other --------------.

3)Superlative : -------------the most+ adj ------------------.

                     ------------the adj+est ----------------------.


 * Do as directed :

1)He was as much a stranger to the stars as were his innocent customers. (Change into Comparative degree.)

Ans :His innocent customers were not more stranger to the stars than he was./him.

2)These internet giants provide the greatest data about people.(Begin the sentence with 'No other -----.')

Ans :No other data about people is as great as the one provided by these internet giants.

3)These internet giants provide the greatest data about people.(Use 'greater than'and rewrite the sentence.)

Ans : The data provided by these internet giants about people is greater  than any other data .

4)No other diagnosis is as good as the diagnosis done with the help of Big Data.(Use 'best' and rewrite the sentence)

Ans : The diagnosis done with the help of Big Data is the best one.

5)No other diagnosis is as good as the diagnosis done with the help of Big Data.(Use 'better than' and rewrite the sentence)

Ans : The diagnosis dine with the help of Big Data is  better than any other diagnosis.


*If '---- one of the most -------' construction is used in Superlative degree then ---

1)Positive : Very few ------ are as + adj + as ---------.

                  Very few ------ are so + adj + as ---------.

2)Comparative : ------------more + adj + than many (most)other -------.

                           ------------ adj + er + than many (most)other -----------.

3)Superlative : ------------one of the most + adj -----------.

                        ------------one of the adj + est  -----------.

*Do as directed :

1)Advertisers are one of the biggest players in Big Data.(Begin the sentence with 'Very few --------.')

Ans :Very few players in Big Data are as big as advertisers.

2)Advertisers are one of the biggest players in Big Data.(Use 'bigger than' and rewrite the sentence)

Ans : Advertisers are bigger players than many other players in Big Data.

3)Big Data has provided a solution to one of the biggest pitfall in the education industry. (Begin the sentence with 'Very few ---------.')

Ans : Very few pitfalls have provided a solution  in the education industry are  as big as Big Data.

4)Big Data has provided a solution to one of the biggest pitfall in the education industry.(Use 'bigger than' and rewrite the sentence)

Ans :A solution provided by Big Data is bigger than many other  pitfalls  in the education industry.

5)Social practice is more sacred than any law. ( Begin with 'No other ---------.')

Ans : No other law is as sacred as social practice.


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