Common Errors Related to Degree Change for Competitive Exams Group A

Degree

Types of degree→

1.Positve Degree.

2.Comparative Degree. 

3.Superlative Degree.

Uses:-

1.Positve Degree→He is good.(For a single person.)

2.Comparative Degree→He is better than you.(The differences between the essence of the two persons). Here “The” make senses.

3.Superlative Degree→Ram is the tallest boy in the class.(For difference among more than two) 

		Degree
1.Positive		2.Comparative	3.Superlative
Tall (Only For a Single Person→ केवल एक व्यक्ति के लिए)		Taller (Comparison of Their Feature, Between Two Persons→दो व्यक्ति या वस्तुओं के गुणों की तुलना के लिए)	Tallest (For More than Two→दो से अधिक के लिए)
He is good. Or He is as good as you.		He is better than you.	Ram is the tallest boy in the class.
Rule→‘as’is used for comparison.		Rule→‘More’ is used for comparison.	Rule→‘Most’ is used for comparison.
		Comparative Rules
	1.Comp. + than + all other + noun (plural)
	2.Comp. + than + any other + noun (singular)
	3.’The’ is used in the place where the word “of the two” present just after comparative degree.→(The का प्रयोग वहीं होगा जहाँ Comparative Degree बाद “of the two” शब्द हो I )
	4.When “to or than” is used after comparative degree then the is not used before it.→(लेकिन जहाँ comparative degree के बाद to या than का प्रयोग हो तो the comparative के पहले नही लगेगा I )

Some very important rules.(कुछ महत्वपूर्ण तथ्य)

1.“Unique,Perfect,Unmatched,Excellent,Unparalleled,Major,Universal,Extreme,Whole,Full,Circular,Spherical,Round,Complete,Rectangular,Triangular,Parallel,Milky,Golden,Lunar”→Its a superlative in meaning but as a form its a positive degree. →(ये शब्द स्वरूप में positive degree हैं, किंतु, अर्थ में superlative degree हैं I )

Example.

Her beauty is unmatched.→(उसकी सुंदरता अतुलनीय है I )

So,Neither ‘more’’=before it for (comparative) nor ‘most’ for (superlative)→(अतः न तो इनके पहले ‘more’ लगाकर comparative और न हि ‘most’ लगाकर superlative बनाया जा सकता है I )

What types of common errors are asked related to above?

→So, common errors are asked including more and most into the above sentences.

(किस तरह से common errors पुछे जाते हैं उपरोक्त खंड से ?

→अतः उपरोक्त शब्दों में more and most लगाकर common errors परिक्षाओं में पुछे जाते हैं I )

Example

This is one of the most major operations. (x)

→This is one of the major operations. (√)

2.“Senior,Superior,Inferior,Junior,Prior,Posterior”→Preposition ‘to’ is used but after these sentences= than’→(the conjunction )‘is not used.→(इन शब्दों के बाद preposition ‘to’ का व्यवहार होता है न कि conjunction ‘than’ का I )

Example

He is senior to me. (√)

Note- Even ‘more’ and ‘most’ is not used before it.(साथ ही इनके पहले ‘more’ और ‘most’ नही लगता I )

He is more senior to me. (x)

3.Minor,Uterior,Major,Interior,Exterior→These neither most/more (before) nor ‘than/to’(after) is used it.→(ऐसे शब्द positive degree के विशेषण हैं अतः न तो इनके पहले ‘more/most’ एवं न ही ‘than/to’ का प्रयोग इनके बाद होता है I )

Example

This is minor problem.

(VVI)→4.After Comparatively/Relatively, positive degree of an adjective is used.→( Comparatively/Relatively के बाद विशेषण के positive degree का व्यवहार होता है I )

Example

The weather is comparatively hot today. (√)

Instead of ‘hotter’ (x)

5.Positive degree is used before→‘Enough’.

‘Enough’ के पहले Positive degree का उपयोग होता है I )

Example

He is intelligent enough to understand your tricks.

             P.D        Adj.

Note→Always Positive degree is used before→‘Enough’.

Wrong sentence is given in exam. given as below→

For this/ prestigious post / he is smarter enough / to get selected / No error.

                                                      (x)

→For this prestigious post  he is enough to get selected.  (√)
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