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+ | the superlative is used when comparing more than two things and specifies the extent of their application (ex. To the greatest/ extreme degree). The marking for superlatives are “-est” and “most.” | ||
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+ | Crystal, David, and David Crystal. The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin, 1999. | ||
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+ | Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. | ||
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Revision as of 14:52, 11 November 2009
the superlative is used when comparing more than two things and specifies the extent of their application (ex. To the greatest/ extreme degree). The marking for superlatives are “-est” and “most.”
References
Crystal, David, and David Crystal. The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin, 1999.
Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.