In the sentence that you give, John was faster but Billy was the fastest, there are comparative adjectives, faster and fastest. The verb in this sentence is was. It is not a comparative verb, just a verb. An existential verb, to be precise.
The music for the Billy Elliot musical production was produced by Elton John. However, the lyrics for the songs themselves were written by another person - Lee Hall.
In the sentence, "John is tall, but Mary is even taller", "even" is an adverb used before a comparative for emphasis.
"Dear John" in Danish is Kære john
You would say 'John's yesterday lecture' as 'John's yesterday's lecture' would make it an adjective.
The possessive form of the proper noun John is John's.Example: I have John's phone number.
Comparatives end in -er (e.g. better, bigger, faster, stronger, taller, etc.) and superlatives end in -est, generally. (e.g. best, biggest, fastest, strongest, tallest, etc.) Comparatives mean something is better, bigger, whatever-er than something else. Superlatives mean something is bigger, better, whatever-er than EVERYTHING else involved. So "Susan is faster than John" is comparative, and "Alex is the fastest of his friends" is a superlative.
French or Japanese. I forget which is faster.
John A. Day has written: 'Tennessee law of comparative fault' -- subject(s): Comparative Negligence, Negligence, Comparative
John Desmond Jones has written: 'Comparative physiology of respiration' -- subject(s): Comparative Physiology, Respiration
The fastest wwe champion is John Cena
John T. Kirby has written: 'The Comparative Reader'
Yes. Elton John was born in 1947. Billy Joel was born in 1949.
John Barry has written: 'Billy'
The fastest speaking President is John F. Kennedy.
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Billy Donovan's birth name is William John Donovan.