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Section 11.4.3

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

A comparative or superlative adjective is used to compare the degree of some quality of one item with the degree of the same quality in another item [comparative] or in multiple others [superlative]. Comparative adjectives, that is, indicate that an item has more or less of the quality, whereas superlative adjectives indicate that the item has the greatest or least amount of the quality.

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