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ARTICLE
AnArticleisawordplacedbeforeanountoshowwhetherthenounisusedinaparticulareneralsense。
&woarticles,aoranandthe。
Aoraheiiclebecauseitdoesnotpointputanyparticularpersbutihenounisehus,amanmeansanymahespeciesorrace。
Theiscalledthedefiiclebecauseitpointsoutsomeparticularpers?thus,themanmeaidividual。
NOUN
AnounisthenameofanypersohingasJohn,London,book。Nounsareproperandon。
Propernounsarenamesappliedtoparticularpersonsorplaces。
onnounsarenamesappliedtoawholekindorspecies。
edbynumber,genderandcase。
&iionofthenounbywhidicatewhetheritrepresentsohanone。
&iionbywhiifywhetherthenounisthenameofamale,afemale,ofaniorsomethingwhiodistinofsex。
&iionofthenouhestateofthepersohied,asthesubjeaffirmatioheownerorpossessorofsomethiioheobjeaorofarelation。
Thusintheexample,"JohheleavesofSarah'sbook,"thedistiweenbookwhichrepresentsoandleaveswhichrepresenttwoormoreobjeekindisumber?thedistinofsexbetweenJohn,amale,andSarah,afemale,andbookahingswhiahermalenorfemale,isder?aioweenJohn,thepersohebook,aoftheaffirmation,Mary,theowhebook,leavestheobje,andbooktheobjectrelatedtoleaves,asthewholeofwhichtheyart,iscalledCase。
&IVE
Aiveisawordwhichqualifiesanoun,thatis,showsorpointsoutsomedistinguishingmarkorfeatureofthenoun?as,Ablackdog。
&iveshavethreeformscalleddegreesofparisoive,theparativeaive。
&iveisthesimpleformoftheadjectivewithininutioninalquality:nice。
&iveisthatformoftheadjectivewhichexpressesininutioy:
nicer。
&iveisthatformwhichexpressesthegreatestininutioy:。
or
Aiveisiiveformwheexpressparison?as,"Ari。"
Aiveisiiveformwhenitexpressesparisowoorbetweenoneaakeively,as,"Johha;?"heisriallthemeninBoston。"
Aiveisiiveformwhenitexpressesaparisoweenoneandanumberofindividualstakeely?as,"JohmaninBoston。"
&ivesexpressiveofpropertiesorceswhiotbeincreasedhaveoiveform?as,Acircularroad?thed?arememeasure。
&ivesareparedintwoways,eitherbyaddihepositivetoformtheparativeahepositivetoformthesuperlative,moretothepositivefortheparativeandmosttothepositiveforthesuperlative?as,handsome,handsomer,haorhandsome,morehahandsome。
&ivesoftwoormoresyllablesaregenerallyparedbyprefixi。Maivesareirregularinparison?as,Bad,wood,better,best。