adjective

hanuman_2000 · Post by **hanuman_2000** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:07 am

Sir,

do all adjectives have comparative and superlative degree.

If no; Could you please give me some example?

Regards.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:24 am

No, some do not for semantic reasons, and, with others, it is structurally impossible. As an example of the former, adjectives with what we might term an 'extreme' meaning, such as 'unique' (= the only one of its kind in existence) are generally not, for obvious reasons, considered meaningful when used in either the comparative or superlative form, although there is no structural reason that we may not say 'more unique' (and you will even hear such expressions now and again in informal speech).

An example of the latter would be any determinative adjective ('much, both, either, such' etc.)