Degrees of comparison, gerunds and infinitives, and articles
LUG-105 English and Legal Language, Unit II: Degrees of comparison, gerunds and infinitives. · LLB · 60 min
Three topics the papers test with 2-mark fill-ins. Degrees of comparison: forming and using the positive, comparative and superlative, the "much better" rule and the interchange of degrees. Gerunds and infinitives: the two non-finite forms, which verbs take which, and the participle that dangles in a pleading. Articles (syllabus topic 6): a / an by sound, the definite article and its omission, and the companions each / every, much / many, few / little. Every fill-in the papers set (2017-18 A Q1-7, 2018-19 A Q6, 2022-23 Q2(d)(iii)-(iv)) is answered with its rule.
Objectives
- Form the three degrees of comparison of regular and irregular adjectives and use them without the common errors
- Change a sentence from one degree to another without changing its meaning
- Distinguish a gerund from an infinitive and from a participle, and choose the right one after a given verb
- Apply the sound rule for a / an and the rules for using and omitting "the"
- Answer the papers' fill-ins on articles, much / more / many and each / every with the rule for each
Slides
- Degrees of comparison: forming them
- Using the degrees correctly
- Interchange of degrees without change of meaning
- The gerund: a verb used as a noun
- The infinitive: to + verb
- Gerund v infinitive: changes of meaning; the dangling participle
- Articles: a and an
- Articles: the, and the omission of the article
- Companions of the article: much / many / more, each / every, few / little
- Exercise: the papers' fill-ins and more
- How the examiner asks it
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