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5 Rules of Changing Degree

The document outlines five rules for changing degrees of comparison in English grammar, including positive, comparative, and superlative forms. It provides examples for each rule to illustrate how to correctly transform sentences. The rules cover singular and plural cases, as well as affirmative and negative constructions.

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5 Rules of Changing Degree

The document outlines five rules for changing degrees of comparison in English grammar, including positive, comparative, and superlative forms. It provides examples for each rule to illustrate how to correctly transform sentences. The rules cover singular and plural cases, as well as affirmative and negative constructions.

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5 Rules of Changing Degree

Degree পরিবর্তনের ৫ টি সূত্রঃ


No Positive Degree Comparative Degree Superlative Degree

01 No other… than any other… the…


There is no…. than anything… of any…
Nothing…
(in case of Singular)
(একবচন ব্যক্তি বা
বস্তু)
02 Very few… than most other… one of the…
Few… than all other… of all…
(in case of Plural)
(বহুবচন ব্যক্তি বা
বস্তু)
03 As….as/so….as not….than (Not applicable)
(Affirmative-Negative) (পরিবর্তন হয়না)
(single sentence)
(হাঁ-বোধক=না-বোধক)
04 As…as(Affirmative) not less…than (Not applicable)
As…as (Negative) (Affirmative) (পরিবর্তন হয়না)
(before a sentence) less…than
(No change of Subject (Negative)
Object)
05 As soon as….. No sooner had…than (Not applicable)
(পরিবর্তন হয়না)

Example 01: No other… than any Example 03: As….as/so….as —–


other not….than
Positive: No other boy in the class Positive: The boy is as strong as the girl.
is as good as John. Comparative: The girl is not stronger than the boy.
Comparative: John is better than any other boy in Positive: You believe him as much as I.
the class. Comparative: I do not believe him more than you.
Superlative: John is the best boy in the class. Positive: Your bag is as fine as mine.
Comparative: My bag is not finer than yours.
Example 02: Very few… than most
Example 04: As….as —–no less
other/ than all other
Positive: Very few cities are as developed as New
….than
York in the world. Positive: The girl is as ugly as you said
Comparative: New York is more developed than Comparative: The girl is no less ugly than you said.
most other/than all other cities in the world. Positive: The student is not as fool as I think.
Superlative: New York is one of the most Comparative: The student is less fool than I think.
developed cities in the world.
Example 05: As soon Positive: As soon as the man came, I left the room.
Comparative: No sooner had the man come than I
as….. No sooner had…than left the roo

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