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Poornima Sharma

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The predicate tells what the subject does or is. It includes the verb and any other words that complete the meaning of the sentence. It is the latter part of the sentence that gives information about the subject or the action that is being performed.

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The subject, includes word or group of words that tell what or who the sentence is about. They can be noun or pronoun. In other words, subject is a person or thing that is being considered, shown or talked about in the sentence. It is the main focus of the sentence.

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Poornima Sharma

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Following are some examples of positive degree:

·       The test is easy.

·       The dress is expensive.

·       This ride is deadly.

·       My cook is as good as yours.

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Poornima Sharma

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Here is the list of books students can refer to, for studying positive degree in English:

Books

Author

English Grammar in Use

Raymond Murphy

A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language

Randolph Quirk

Oxford Modern English Grammar

Bas Aarts

Grammarway

Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley

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Poornima Sharma

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Avoid using comparative or superlative forms. Common errors include using "more" or "most" with positive degree adjectives, or using "-er" or "-est" endings on adjectives that are already in the positive degree, can lead to errors.

Avoid using the positive degree when a comparative or superlative is more appropriate. For instance, when comparing two things, use the comparative degree. When comparing three or more things, use the superlative degree.

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Poornima Sharma

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Positive degree is the most basic form of adjective that we use for a noun or pronoun, let's see how it is different from Comparative and Superlative degrees. The comparative degree compares two things by adding 'er' to the adjective and the superlative degree compares three or more things by adding 'est' to the adjective. For example:

The test is easy.

The second test is easier than the first.

The third test is the the easiest of them all.

 

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Poornima Sharma

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The Positive Degree in English grammar is the most basic and simple form of an adjective or adverb used to describe a noun or a pronoun. It is also called the normal form of an adjective or adverb that describes a quality without comparing it to anything else.

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Poornima Sharma

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The Positive Degree in English grammar is the most basic and simple form of an adjective or adverb used to describe a noun or a pronoun. It is also called the normal form of an adjective or adverb that describes a quality without comparing it to anything else.

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Jasleen Dixit

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CA Final preparation requires about 10 to 12 hours of daily study. One may need to increase it to 14 hours, later as the exam gets near. Students must make a time bound plan for daily preparation which includes syllabus coverage, practice sessions and revision. 

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Nishtha Shukla

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Two tenses in English Grammar are used to describe habits. These are Simple Present Tense and Simple Past Tense. 

Simple Present Tense is used to describe current habits. 

For Example: 

  • She drinks coffee everyday. 
  • He goes to the temple daily. 

Simple Past Tense is used to describe habits of the past. For example. 

  • He used to jog every morning. 

  • She walked to school everyday when she was a little girl. 

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