LESSON 87.

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES.

+Adjectives have one modification;+ viz., _Comparison_.

DEFINITIONS.

+_Comparison_ is a modification of the adjective to express the relative
degree of the quality in the things compared+.

+The _Positive degree_ expresses the simple quality+.

+The _Comparative degree_ expresses a greater or a less degree of the
quality+.

+The _Superlative degree_ expresses the greatest or the least degree of the
quality+.

+RULE.--Adjectives are regularly compared by adding _er_ to the positive to
form the comparative, and _est_ to the positive to form the superlative+.

Adjectives of one syllable are _generally_ compared regularly; adjectives
of two or more syllables are often compared by prefixing _more_ and _most_.

When there are two correct forms, choose the one that can be more easily
pronounced.