Degree of Comparison

In English grammar the degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb describes the relational value of one thing with something in another clause of a sentence. An adjective may simply describe a quality, (the positive); it may compare the quality with that of another of its kind (comparative degree); and it may compare the quality with many or all others (superlative degree).[1][2] In other languages it may describe a very large degree of a particular quality (in Semitic linguistics, called an elative).

The degree of comparison may be expressed morphologically, or syntactically. In English, for example, most monosyllabic and some disyllabic adjectives have morphological degrees of comparison: green (positive), greener (comparative), greenest (superlative); pretty, prettier, prettiest; while most polysyllabic adjectives use syntax: complex, more complex, most complex.


Degree of Comparison :
1. Positive Degree
2. Comparative Degree
3. Superlative Degree


I. Positive Degree

patterns:
A. S + is\am\are(was,were) + as + adj + as + O
B. S + V + as + adv + as + O


II. Comparative Degree

a.If adj\adv consist of one or two syllable
A. S + be + adj + er + than + O
B. S + V + adv + er + than + O

b. If adj\adv consist of two more syllable
A. S + be + more + adj + than + O
B. S + V + more + adv + than + O


III. Superlative Degree

a.If adj\adv consist of one or two syllable
A. S + be + the + adj + est + O
B. S + V + the + adv + est + O

b. If adj\adv consist of two more syllable
A. S + be + the + most + adj + O
B. S + be + the + most + adv + O



*notes

1.positive degree:
...as + adj\adv + as....

2.comparative degree
...adj\adv + er + than.... (1\2 syl)
...more + adj\adv + than.... (>2 syl)

3.superlative degree
...the + adj\adv + est.... (1\2 syl)
...the most + adj\adv + .... (>2 syl)


exception.

good - better - the best
well - better - the best
bad - worse - the worst
handsome - more handsome - the most handsome
many - more - the most
much - more - the most
little - less - the least
later - later - the last
far - further\farther - the furthest\the farthest
ill - worse - worst


example
1. Rino is clever. Susi is clever
- Rino is as clever as Susi
2. Rudi is 170 cms tall. Budi is 175 cms tall
- Rudi is shoter than Budi
- Budi is taller than Rudi