[Grammar] Adjectives that Compare

[kadioguy]

Adjectives that Compare: Comparative and Superlative

A comparative adjective is used for comparing two people or things.
A superlative adjective is used for comparing three or more people or things.

Most comparative adjectives are formed by adding -er to the end of the adjective.
Most superlative adjectives are formed by adding -est to the end of the adjective.

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I am thinking of the construction (the blue part). Can I take it to mean "Adjectives that Compare (nouns)"?

In this construction, "that", referring to "Adjectives", is the subject of "compare". "(nouns)" can be omitted because the whole construction is a title.

Is that right?

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[jutfrank]

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. Are you just asking what Adjectives that Compare means?

The whole phrase is a noun phrase, which defines what kind of adjectives the passage concerns. What kind of adjectives are we dealing with here? Ones that compare.

 

[Rover_KE]

kadioguy, I have deleted the unnecessary screenshot of the quoted text.

You have not stated its source.

 

[jutfrank]

kadioguy, I have deleted the unnecessary screenshot of the quoted text.

Thanks, but I for one feel that kadioguy's screenshots are usually useful to some extent in seeing where his questions come from.

 

[YAMATO2201]

Can I take it to mean "Adjectives that Compare (nouns)"?

Are you assuming that "Compare" is a transitive verb?

intransitive verb
2 : to make comparisons
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compare

 

[kadioguy]

kadioguy, I have deleted the unnecessary screenshot of the quoted text. You have not stated its source.

From here: https://www.education.com/worksheet/article/great-grammar-adjectives-compare/

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. Are you just asking what Adjectives that Compare means?

Yes. The use of 'compare' confuses me.

We say:

compare A and B
It is interesting to compare their situation and ours.

compare A with/to B
We carefully compared the first report with the second.

compare with/to somebody/something
This school compares with the best in the country (= it is as good as them).

compare A to B
The critics compared his work to that of Martin Amis.

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/academic/compare?q=compare+

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So what does this mean?

Adjectives that Compare (or Ones that compare)

Is 'compare' here an intransitive verb, which means 'used for comparing (something)'?

[Cross-posted with YAMATO2201]

 

[jutfrank]

The kind of adjectives concerned are those that compare things with other things. There's no need to mention that there must be at least two things for a comparison to be made.

It's very common to omit the semantic patient (in grammar the 'direct object') when the meaning is clear. You might see on a packet of cigarettes the following warning:

Smoking kills

There's no need to mention 'who', even though there must be a 'who' for there to be any sense to the warning.

 

[Rover_KE]

Thanks, but I for one feel that kadioguy's screenshots are usually useful to some extent in seeing where his questions come from.

Fair comment. In this case it added nothing to the quoted text.

 

[kadioguy]

Fair comment. In this case it added nothing to the quoted text.

True. But that was my source. For me, the more appropriate question would be 'where is the source (screenshot) from?'