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