Re : Re: question about the degrees of the adjective
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| Date: | Monday, August 23, 1999, 13:28 |
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Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 23/08/99 09:43:33 , vous avez =E9crit :
> I think you nearly have it. The fact that "intensive" and "absolut=
e"
> are contradictory is true. The fact that the positive contradicts
> neither of them is true also. I think there is something more, but I
> still don't have it. But so far, your analysis is exact.
> =20
it has to be either one or the other, that is,
focusing on either quality or degree.
you know that when comparing :
he is bigger (absolute in intensity)
he is the tallest (relative)
he is the bigger (of both - relative - fr. "il est le plus grand des deux")
he is most tall (absolute in intensity - fr. "il est des plus grands")
mathias