Degree
Degree হল Descriptor এর রূপভেদ।
এটি ৩টি ভাগে বিভক্ত। যথা-
১.Positive Degree
২.Similar Degree
৩.Standout Degree
১.Positive Degree:
কোন sentence এ Thing বা pronoun এর দোষ, গুন, অবস্থা ইত্যাদি বুঝাতে descriptive word এর যে রূপ ব্যবহার হয় তাকে Positive Degree বলে।
যেমন – Mr. Romi is a decent man.
সাধারণত দুটি Thing বা pronoun এর দোষ, গুন, অবস্থা ইত্যাদির তুলনা বুঝাতে descriptor এর যে রূপ ব্যবহার হয় তাকে Near Degree বলে।
যেমন – Rahim is more shrewd than Karim.
Standout Degree:
সাধারণত অনেকের মধ্যে তুলনা বুঝাতে descriptor এর যে রূপ ব্যবহার হয় তাকে Standout Degree বলে।
যেমন – Shyamal is the best part in the group.
Change of Degrees:
Standout Degree into Positive Degree
Standout Degree কে Positive Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ
Rule 1:
No other + প্রদত্ত Standout এর পরের অংশ + action word + so/as + Standout Degree এর Positive structure + as + মূল sentence এর subject.
Standout: Rony is the littlest part in the group.
Positive: No other part in the group is pretty much as little as Rony.
Standout: Sima is the best housewife.
Positive: No other housewife is on par with Sima.
Rule 2:
any remaining, generally other, numerous other, barely any other, not very many, one of the যুক্ত Standout Degree কে Positive Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ
প্রথমে not many + Standout এর পরের অংশ + action word এর plural structure + so/as + Standout Degree এর Positive structure + as + মূল sentence এর subject.
Standout: He is probably the best part in the group.
Positive: Not many parts in the group are on par with he.
Standout: Iron is quite possibly the most valuable metals.
Positive: Not very many metals are just about as valuable as Iron.
Relative into positive
Rule 1:
Than some other/any remaining যুক্ত Near Degree কে Positive Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ
No other + some other/any remaining এর পরের অংশ + action word + so/as + Similar Degree এর Positive structure + as + প্রদত্ত sentence এর subject.
Near: kibria is more noteworthy than some other kid in the class.
Positive: No other kid in the class is pretty much as extraordinary as Kibria.
Similar: Dhaka is bigger than any remaining urban communities in Bangladesh.
Positive: No different urban communities in Bangladesh is pretty much as extensive as Dhaka.
Rule 2:
Than যুক্ত Near Degree কে Positive Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ
Than এর পরের অংশ + action word + not + so/as + Similar এর Positive structure + as + প্রদত্ত sentence এর subject.
Relative: Rony is greater than Hard.
Positive: Hard isn't just about as large as Rony.
Near: He is more grounded than I.
Positive: I'm not as solid as he.
Rule 3:
Than generally other/than few other যুক্ত Similar Degree কে Positive Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ
Not many + generally other/barely any other এর পরের অংশ + action word এর plural structure + so/as + Near এর Positive structure + as + প্রদত্ত sentence এর subject.
Relative: The gold is generally valuable than most different metals.
Positive: not very many metals are pretty much as/so particularly valuable as gold.
Relative: A. K. Fazlul Haque was more noteworthy than most different lawmakers in Bangladesh.
Positive: not very many government officials in Bangladesh were pretty much as/so exceptionally incredible as A. K. Fazlul Haque.
Rule 4:
No less/not less … ..than যুক্ত Relative Degree কে Positive Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ
No less/not less এর পরিবর্তে উক্ত যায়গায় as বসে এবং than এর পরিবর্তে উক্ত যায়গায় as বসে। আর কোন পরিবর্তন হয় না।
Relative: He is no less clever than you.
Positive: He is pretty much as smart as you.
Similar: Kripa isn't less smart than shipa.
Positive: Kripa is pretty much as sharp as shipa.
Rule 5:
No sooner had … .than যুক্ত Relative Degree কে Positive Degree তে রুপান্তর করার নিয়মঃ
No sooner had এর পরিবর্তে when + subject + action word এর পরিবর্তে past structure + than এর পূর্বের অংশ + than এর পরিবর্তে কমা বসে + বাকী অংশ।
Near: No sooner had he seen me than he fled.
Positive: When he saw me, he fled.
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