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  2. Comparison (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    Syntactic comparison. In syntactic construction, inserting the words "more" or "most" [note 2] before an adjective or adverb modifies the resulting phrase to express a relative (specifically, greater) degree of that property. Similarly, inserting the diminutives "less" or "least" before an adjective or adverb expresses a lesser degree.

  3. Comparative - Wikipedia

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    The elided material of comparative deletion is indicated using a blank, and the unacceptable b-sentences show what is construed as having been elided in the a-sentences: a. Fred reads more books than Susan reads ___. b. *Fred reads more books than Susan reads books. - Sentence is bad because comparative deletion has not occurred. a.

  4. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    For example, my very good friend Peter is a phrase that can be used in a sentence as if it were a noun, and is therefore called a noun phrase. Similarly, adjectival phrases and adverbial phrases function as if they were adjectives

  5. Sentence diagram - Wikipedia

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    A sentence diagram is a pictorial representation of the grammatical structure of a sentence. The term "sentence diagram" is used more when teaching written language, where sentences are diagrammed. The model shows the relations between words and the nature of sentence structure and can be used as a tool to help recognize which potential ...

  6. Comparative case - Wikipedia

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    колла kol- la fish- COMP колла kol- la fish-COMP 'like fish' Mari also uses the comparative case in regards to languages, when denoting the language a person is speaking, writing, or hearing. Then, however, the accentuation varies slightly from the standard case. Usually, the suffix is not stressed. When it is used with languages, however, it is stressed. An example of the ...

  7. Comparison - Wikipedia

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    A chart showing a comparison of qualities of a variety of cooking oils, aimed at helping the reader decide which choices would be best for their health. Comparison or comparing is the act of evaluating two or more things by determining the relevant, comparable characteristics of each thing, and then determining which characteristics of each are ...

  8. Comparison diagram - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of skyscrapers. Comparison diagram or comparative diagram is a general type of diagram, in which a comparison is made between two or more objects, phenomena or groups of data. [1] A comparison diagram or can offer qualitative and/or quantitative information. This type of diagram can also be called comparison chart or comparison chart.

  9. Adjunct (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    Example: In the sentence John helped Bill in Central Park, the phrase in Central Park is an adjunct. [ 1 ] A more detailed definition of the adjunct emphasizes its attribute as a modifying form, word, or phrase that depends on another form, word, or phrase, being an element of clause structure with adverbial function. [ 2 ]