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Hela Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

comparative

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00In the following sentence why do we have a comparative and not a superlative? What's the difference between them, please?02br
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00"He had first picked her up in London, at one of his 01b00richer02b00 friend's."02br
00Why not "RICHEST friend's"?02br
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00Regards,02br
00Hela0-
  

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0The idea is that the friend is 01i00rather rich02i00, not 01i00extremely rich02i00.02br
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00I can't find a reference at the moment, Hela, but I suppose it serves as some kind of intensifier as much as it indicates relative wealth.02br
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01i00That's one of your better inventions.02br
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01cite10Hela12cite10Dear teachers,12br
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10In the following sentence why do we have a comparative and not a superlative? What's the difference between them, please?12br
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10"He had first picked her up in London, at one of his 11b10richer12b10 friend's."12br
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0Hi,02br
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01font00He had first picked her up in London, at one of his 01b00richer02b00 friend's.02font02br
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00Here's yet another way to look at it. 02br
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00We have the adjectives 01i00rich, richer, richest. 02i00We can use these to divide our
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