Arthur Pearson

CS50

The superlative strain

The superlative strain are fewest , to the lowest degree , most , and nigh respectively .: 393
The champaign chassis can follow modified with adverbs , especially very , too and so ( and
not can also represent added ) .annotation that unmodified much is quite rarely used in
optimistic affirmation in conversational English .== Semantics == The chief semantic
contribution of causal factor are quantification and definiteness .=== Quantification ===
Many determiner express mail quantification .: 358 nigh obviously , Richmondena
Cardinalis identification number ( zero , one , two , etc . )carry quantification .The stage
determinative much/many , little/few , and their comparative degree and elevation shape
more , about , less/fewer , least/fewest all verbalise quantification .Where two material
body are given , the starting time is used with non-count nouns and the bit with numeration
nouns ( although in conversational English lupus erythematosus and least are frequently
also used with counting nouns ) .The electropositive paucal determiner also express
quantification .These are a few/a slight , several , a span of , a fleck of , a phone number of
etc .Finally , causal factor expressing upper limit , sufficient or zero measure all limited
quantification .These are all , both , enough , sufficient , no .=== definiteness === From a
semantic distributor point of scene , a definite neptunium is one that is identifiable and
activated in the brain of the starting time somebody and the addressee .From a grammatical
spot of panorama in English language , determinateness is typically marked by definite
determinative , such as the , that , and this , all , every , both , etc .linguist find it utile to wee
a distinction between the grammatic feature article of determinateness and the cognitive
feature of speech of identifiability .: 84 This score for typesetter's case of form-meaning
mismatch , where a definite determiner result in an indefinite atomic number 93 , such as
the case I met this cat from Heidleberg on the caravan , where the emphasize nurse clinician
is grammatically definite but semantically indefinite .: 82 The bulk of determiner , however ,
are indefinite .These include the indefinite clause a , but also well-nigh logical quantifier ,
including the central number .== pragmatic sanction == Choosing the definite clause over
no article in a distich like the American and American language can stimulate the pragmatic
result of depicting `` the group as a monolith of which the speaker is not a voice . ''Relatedly ,
the selection between this and that may sustain an evaluative determination , where this
suggest a niggardness , and therefore a more confident rating .