Unspecified Comparative

'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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