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  2. Comparison (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    Spanish: The comparative superlative, like in French, has the definite article (such as "las" or "el"), or the possessive article ("tus," "nuestra," "su," etc.), followed by the comparative ("más" or "menos"), so that "el meñique es el dedo más pequeño" or "el meñique es el más pequeño de los dedos" is "the pinky is the smallest finger."

  3. Middle English - Wikipedia

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    Comparatives and superlatives were usually formed by adding -er and -est. Adjectives with long vowels sometimes shortened these vowels in the comparative and superlative (e.g., greet, great; gretter, greater). [34] Adjectives ending in -ly or -lich formed comparatives either with -lier, -liest or -loker, -lokest. [34]

  4. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    Consequently, comparative and superlative forms of such adjectives are not normally used, except in a figurative, humorous or imprecise context. Similarly, such adjectives are not normally qualified with modifiers of degree such as very and fairly , although with some of them it is idiomatic to use adverbs such as completely .

  5. Comparative - Wikipedia

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    Examples of the comparative that do not allow an analysis in terms of coordination (because the necessary parallel structures are not present) are instances of comparative subordination. [3] In such cases, than has the status of a preposition or a subordinator (subordinate conjunction), e.g. a. We invited more people than wanted to come. b.

  6. Little people (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Native American "Little People" from Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children by Mabel Powers, 1917. Little people have been part of the folklore of many cultures in human history, including Ireland, Greece, the Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, Flores Island, Indonesia, and Native Americans.

  7. Talk:Comparison (grammar) - Wikipedia

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  8. English adjectives - Wikipedia

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    But certain adjectives, in particular superlatives, are mostly incompatible with an indefinite interpretation of the NP. [33] Cases like *they were best students seem ungrammatical, though exceptions such as they were best friends exist. In cases such as a best-case scenario, best-case is a nominal, not a full NP. Non-superlatives can also work ...

  9. Spanish adjectives - Wikipedia

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    Forms no longer considered superlative. muy agrio ("very bitter") → acérrimo ("strong, zealous, fanatic") Applying -ísimo to nouns is not common, but there is the famous case of Generalísimo. As in English and other languages influenced by it, a teenspeak superlative can be formed by the prefix super-, or sometimes hiper-, ultra-, re-or ...