Vertailuissa

Vertailuissa is a Finnish grammatical form meaning “in the comparisons” and refers to the plural inessive form of the noun vertailu, which means comparison. In ordinary usage, vertailuissa is not a separate concept but a morphological form used to indicate that something occurs within multiple comparisons or comparison contexts.

Morphology and usage

Vertailu is a countable noun, with the plural nominative vertailut. The inessive plural form is vertailuissa, used to answer questions like “where?” in a plural comparative context. It commonly appears in academic, scientific, and analytic writing to discuss results, methods, or criteria across several comparisons, rather than in a single instance.

Examples

- Monissa vertailuissa esitetyt tulokset eroavat toisistaan. (In many comparisons, the results differ from each other.)

- Vertailuissa käytetyt mittayksiköt ovat pysyneet samoina. (The units of measurement used in the comparisons have remained the same.)

- Tutkimuksessa vertailuissa huomioitiin sekä laatutyökalut että tilastolliset menetelmät. (In the study, both quality tools and statistical methods were taken into account in the comparisons.)

Relation to other forms

Vertailuissa contrasts with vertailussa (in the comparison, singular inessive) and with vertailut (comparisons, nominative plural). It is primarily a grammatical marker rather than a specialized field of study.

In summary, vertailuissa is the plural inessive form of vertailu and is used to reference multiple comparison contexts within Finnish text.