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9. The cloth is too damp to be used.

10. It is too foggy for the plane to fly.

2. By interchanging the degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.

y Positive: He is as intelligent as his brother.
Comparative: His brother is not more intelligent than him.

y Positive: This book is not as thick as that one.
Comparative: That book is thicker than this one.

y Positive: Very few people are as brave as Rustam.
Comparative: Rustam is braver than most people.
Superlative: Rustam is one of the bravest people.

y Positive: No other city of India is as green as New Delhi.
Comparative: New Delhi is greener than any other city of India.
Superlative: New Delhi is the greenest city of India.

y Superlative: Maya is one of the tallest girls in the class.
Comparative: Maya is taller than most other girls in the class.
Positive: Very few girls in the class are as tall as Maya.

y Superlative: This is not the best book on grammar.
Positive: Some other books on grammar are at least as good as this one.
Comparative: This book is not better than some other books on grammar.

B. Change the degree of comparison in these sentences without changing
the meaning.

1. This is the deepest well in the village.
2. Hercules was the strongest man in the world.

3. My description of the software is briefer than yours.

4. No other design of car is as attractive as this one.

5. The value of the rupee is less than that of the dollar.

6. She dressed best of all her sisters.

7. Mohit is one of the fastest drivers of the company.

8. No other river in India is as long as the Ganga.

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