{{distinguish|equative sentence|equative case}} An '''equative construction''' is a grammatical construction using an adjective or an adverb in the comparative of equality (also called "equative degree"). An equative construction equates a comparee with a standard in terms of a certain quality or action. In English, such a construction takes the form “as X as S”, where S is the standard.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Equative constructions in world-wide perspective|author=Haspelmath, Martin|year=2017|title=Similative and Equative Constructions: A cross-linguistic perspective|editor=Yvonne Treis and Martine Vanhove|doi=10.1075/tsl.117.02has}}</ref>
In modern French, the equative construction takes the form “aussi X que S”.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Equative and similative constructions in the languages of Europe|author1=Haspelmath, Martin|author2=Buchholz, Oda|doi=10.1515/9783110802610.277|year=2011|title=Adverbial Constructions in the Languages of Europe|page=293|quote=In older French, equative constructions had the standard marker ''comme'' (''aussi grande comme moi''), but this was later replaced by ''que''.}}</ref>
Welsh has an equative degree of adjectives, usually indicated by the suffix ''-ed''; for example, "''hyned''" (''â'' ...)", meaning "as old (as ...)".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mit.edu/~dfm/canol/chap22.html |title=Reading Middle Welsh |last=Morgan |first=Gareth |year=1996 |access-date=2022-08-11 |quote=Welsh has an ''equative'' degree of the adjective, meaning 'as big', 'as new', and so on. It often has an air of exclamation about it: 'how big!', 'how new!' The equative suffix is ''-ed''.}}</ref>
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