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FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES  \nOF EFFECTIVE ORAL  \nEXPRESsION  \nBY  \nEsTELLE B.HUNTER,PH.B.  \nLESSON TEN  \nTHE BETTER-SPEECH INSTITUTE  \nOF AMERI CA  \n307 North Michigan Avenue,Chicago,U.S.A.  \nCONTENTS  \nPage  \nGRAMMAR ………………………………………………  \nComparison of Adjectives  \nErrors in Adjective Comparison  \nComparison of Adverbs  \nDouble Negatives  \n· ………………………10  \nENUNCIATION ………………………………………………………………………………  \nEnunciation Exercise 10-A  \nEnunciation Exercise 10-B  \nEnunciation Exercise 10-C  \n……………………………12  \nPRONUNCIATION ..· ……………………………  \nPronunciation Exercise 10-A  \nPronunciation Exercise 10-B  \nPronunciation Exercise 10-C  \n……………………………………16  \nVoCABULARY DEVELOPMENT………………………  \nEFFECTIVE ExPRESSION . …………………  \n…………………………………19  \n……………………………23  \nExERCISES FOR LESSON TEN……………  \n……………………………28  \nANSWERS To ExERCISES. ……………  \nCHICAGO  \n# PRACTICAL ENGLISHAND EFFECTIVE SPEECH\n\nLESSON TENGRAMMAR  \nTHERE is an old saying that comparisons are odious,but inthe field of grammar this is not true.Comparison,by meansof adjectives and adverbs,is a vital part of all our speechand writing.Errors in comparison are among the crudest in thelanguage;therefore it is important that we study the subject inenough detail to master the important points.  \nLet us consider the comparative forms for adjectives and foradverbs separately.  \n# COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES\n\nAdjectives are said to be inflected,or changed in form,to showcomparison—that is,different degrees of quality or quantity.The simple form of the adjective is called the positive form,whichis used in giving a simple description,as in the sentence,\"Helenis tall.”If we wish to compare the height of Ruth with that ofHelen,we use another form of the adjective—the comparativeform—and we say,\"Ruth is taller than Helen.\"If we wish tocompare Clarence's height with that of Ruth and that of Helen,weuse still another form of the adjective—the superlative form—andwe say,\"Clarence is tallest of all.\"Perhaps you can rememberthese facts more easily if the sentences are presented in the followingform:  \n1.Helen is tall.(Positive)  \n2.Ruth is taller than Helen.(Comparative)  \n3.Clarence is tallest of all.(Superlative)  \nRemember that the positive form is simply descriptive,thatthe comparative form compares two things only,and that thesuperlative form compares three or more things.  \nThe usual method of inflecting short adjectives is to form thecomparative by adding er to the positive,and to form the superla-tive by adding est to the positive,thus:  \nComparative  \nSuperlative  \nPositive  \nsweetest  \nsweeter  \nsweet  \nprettiest  \nprettier  \npretty  \nslowest  \nslow  \nslower  \nMany adjectives of two or more syllables would be cumber-some,however,if er and est were added.We form the compara-tive and superlative of such adjectives by using more and mostwith the positive forms.It would sound awkward,for example,to say \"beautifuller\"and“beautifullest”;therefore we comparethe adjective beautiful by using the forms more beautiful and mostbeautiful.  \nA few adjectives change completely when compared.Someof these are shown below:  \n# PositiveComparativeSuperlativegoodbetterbestbadworseworstlittlelessleast\n\nThere are some adjectives which in their strict sense cannot becompared.Among these are exact,correct,complete,immortal,eternal,omnipotent,infinite,perfect,dead,and empty.Each ofthese words expresses a quality that is absolute or complete.Therefore in general we should not use more or most with any ofthem.We do,however,compare many things which carefulanalysis would show to be beyond comparison.Let us considerthe adjective perfect,for illustration.None of us would hesitateto say,\"This apple is more perfect than that,\"because usage makesit sound correct.But we must be careful not to make ourselvesridiculous.In the case of the apple,of course we do not mean  \nliterally that it 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