Re: Standard Average European (was: case system)

Philip Newton wrote:
>On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:31 PM, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:16 PM, ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...> wrote:
> >  >  9.particle comparatives in comparisons of inequality;
> >  >  **does this mean like "plus, m�s" ?  Engl. and I think Germ. have
>both
> >  > these (more/most, mehr) as well as -er/-est forms?? Romance langs.
>retain a
> >  > few synthetic comparatives (mejor, mieux) and Span/Ital retain the
>Latin
> >  > *-issimus superlative
> >
> >  I think you're right about this one.  Analytic vs synthetic.
>
>I thought it was the "he is bigger *than* I, er ist gr��er *als* ich,
>il est plus grand *que* moi" particle (rather than putting the
>standard of comparison into a specific case form or something).
>
That crossed my mind too; it was a coin-toss decision :-))))