Positive (linguistics)

Positive (linguistics)

Positive is the form of an adjective or adverb on which comparative and superlative are formed with suffixes "-ier", "-lier", "-iest", or "-liest", or the forms "more"/"less" for polysyllabic adjectives/adverbs. In English, "good" is a positive adjectival form corresponding to the comparative "better" and the superlative "best". In French, "bon" corresponds to "meilleur" and "le meilleur", while in Spanish, "bueno" corresponds to "mejor" and "el mejor". The related forms in Interlingua are "bon", "melior", and "le melior".


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