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<p>Here are the variants of <b>law'/puS</b> and other comparatives
we've gotten over the years.<br>
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<p>A Q <b>law'</b> B Q <b>puS<br>
</b><i>A is more Q than B</i></p>
<p>A Q <b>law' Hoch</b> Q <b>puS<br>
</b><i>A is the most Q of all</i></p>
<p>Q A;<b> rap</b> B<br>
<i>B is as Q as A</i></p>
<p>Q A; <b>nIb</b> B<br>
<i>B is as Q as A</i> (connotes precision)</p>
<p>A Q <b>law'</b> B Q <b>rap<br>
</b><i>A is as Q as B</i></p>
<p>A Q <b>puS</b> B Q <b>rap<br>
</b><i>A is as Q as B </i>(connotes disparagement, seldom used)</p>
<p>A Q <b>law'</b> B Q <b>nIb<br>
</b><i>A is as Q as B</i> (connotes precision)</p>
<p>A Q <b>law'</b> B Q <b>law'<br>
</b><i>A is as Q as B </i>(connotes positive quality)</p>
<p>A Q <b>puS</b> B Q <b>puS<br>
</b><i>A is as Q as B</i> (connotes negative quality)</p>
<p>A Q <b>law'</b> B Q <b>pIm<br>
</b><i>A's Q is different than B's Q<b> </b></i>(does not imply
that one is more Q than the other, only that their Qs are
different)<br>
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<p>A Q <b>law'be'</b> B Q <b>puSbe'</b><br>
<i>A is not more Q than B</i></p>
<p>Furthermore, wordplay, ungrammatical but common, allows one to
substitute antonyms into the standard comparative and superlative
constructions where <b>law'</b> and <b>puS</b> normally go. If
the positive antonym is used in place of <b>law'</b> and the
negative in place of <b>puS,</b> you get the same meaning as the
standard <b>law'/puS.</b> If the order is reversed, you get <i>A
is less Q than B.</i> The reversed version is seldom used.
Okrand does not give any examples of doing this with <b>Hoch</b>
in the B slot, but he says it can be done.<br>
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<p>--<br>
SuStel<br>
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