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V S Rao Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Degrees of comparison

Please answer the comparative degree for the folling statement:
"Tom is older than albert".
regards,
sri
  

Top answer

I have no idea what you're talking about. What does it mean to "answer the comparative degree"? I can answer a question; I can answer a person who asks a question; but I cannot "answer the comparative degree".

  • I have no idea what you're talking about.
  • What does it mean to "answer the comparative degree"?
  • I can answer a question; I can answer a person who asks a question; but I cannot "answer the comparative degree".
  • I don't think the comparative degree would even understand my answer.
  • CJ
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I have no idea what you're talking about.

What does it mean to "answer the comparative degree"?

I can answer a question; I can answer a person who asks a question; but I cannot "answer the comparative degree". I don't think the comparative degree would even understand my answer.

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Dear Mr.CJ,

Thanks for your response, even it is negative.

There is a subject called degrees of comparison in english grammar. I think you might have not come across the topic yet. I asked that question to give its comparative degree. The statement: Tom is older than albert, is a statement, and I wanted its comparative degree without changing the meaning. Please go through the fo
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sreesriThe statement: Tom is older than albert, is a statement, and I wanted its comparative degree without changing the meaning.
I am sorry to say that I must repeat that I do not know what you are asking, if anything.

older is the comparative degree of old.

Since the sentence already contains the comparative degree, I don't kn
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I don`t think your sentence need any comparative degree ``older `` is a comparative degree of the adjective ``old``.
So in your sentence the age of two people is compared. My advice is to clarify you question
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* Please clarify your question.
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Dear Mr.CJ,

Yes, it is true that the statement is in comparative degree. I just wanted to know the positive degree for this statement without changing the meaning.

With high regards,

sri
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Hello,

I think of knowing the positive degree for this statement without changing the meaning.

regards,

sri
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sreesriPlease answer the comparative degree for the folling statement:

"Tom is older than albert".

regards,

sri

Hello,

I think of knowing the positive degree for this statement without changing the meaning.

regards,

sri


Hi sri,

Well, your question itself is confusing. Please go th
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sreesriDear Mr.CJ,
Yes, it is true that the statement is in comparative degree. I just wanted to know the positive degree for this statement without changing the meaning.

With high regards,

sri

The positive degree of "older" is "old". You can have the positive and comparative degree of an adjective or adverb, but not the posi
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Dear Mr. Mathews,

There is nothing like confusion in this statement. I have gone through the topic very well. I asked many times to my kith and kin regarding this question, but I could not get the correct answer. Hence, I had to post this question in the englishforum. I again try to put the question in simple way.

The question is:

Tom is older than albert - This is in c

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