Unspecified Comparative
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'Unspecified Comparatives' or 'null comparative' is a comparative in which the starting point for comparison is not stated.
Example comparisons in English:
| good | better | best |
| well | better | best |
| bad | worse | worst |
| far | farther | farthest |
| far | further | furthest |
| little | littler, less(er) | littlest, least |
| many | more | most |
<<image Example 1:
- Client: "I put my best effort forward."
- Challenge: "Best, compared to what?"
- Essentially the response is attempting to recover information about the comparison criteria the client is using.
Example 2:
- Client: "I'm playing much better now"
- Challenge: "Better, compared to what?"
Example 3:
- Client: "I felt worse than ever."
- Challenge: "Worse, compared to what?"
- Client: "Than before..."
- Challenge: "Before, what specifically?"
- Client: "I feel worse than I was before the accident."
'Unspecified Comparatives' or 'null comparative' is a comparative in which the starting point for comparison is not stated.
Example comparisons in English:
| good | better | best |
| well | better | best |
| bad | worse | worst |
| far | farther | farthest |
| far | further | furthest |
| little | littler, less(er) | littlest, least |
| many | more | most |
Example 1:
- Client: "I put my best effort forward."
- Challenge: "Best, compared to what?"
- Essentially the response is attempting to recover information about the comparison criteria the client is using.
Example 2:
- Client: "I'm playing much better now"
- Challenge: "Better, compared to what?"
Example 3:
- Client: "I felt worse than ever."
- Challenge: "Worse, compared to what?"
- Client: "Than before..."
- Challenge: "Before, what specifically?"
- Client: "I feel worse than I was before the accident."
Sources: http://nlpglossary.blogspot.com/search/label/Unspecified comparitive http://home.earthlink.net/~nlper999/miltmod.html#nom http://www.microdot.net/nlp/precise-communication/
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