We can classify adjectives into gradable and non-gradable.
Most adjectives are gradable. This means that they can be modified with adverbs like quite, a bit, really…
Example:
Dan is quite tall.
This hotel is a bit expensive.
They also have comparative and superlative forms.
Example:
tall – taller – the tallest
expensive – more expensive – the most expensive
There are some adjectives that are non-gradable:
Absolute adjectives express an absolute value (dead, pregnant, finished…). They do not have comparative forms and we cannot modify them with adverbs.
Examples:
My homework is finished.
not:My homework is a bit finished.
Shakespeare died long before Mozart.
not:Shakespeare is more dead than Mozart.
Strong adjectives, also known as extreme adjectives (hilarious = very funny, boiling = very hot…), already express the highest degree of something, meaning that they are almost never used in their comparative forms. We can only use the extreme adverb absolutely to modify strong adjectives.
Examples:
The water was absolutely freezing!
not:The water was very freezing!
Strong adjectives can improve your writing style. They help you avoid overusing adverbs like very. Compare the sentences below:
Example:
The weather was very hot so the pool was very busy. The water was very cold but felt very good on such a hot day.
→ The weather was boiling so the pool was packed. The water was freezing but felt amazing on such a hot day.
The table below shows some of the most common strong adjectives in English:
An adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. Adjectives can be used to describe the qualities of someone or something independently or in comparison to something else. Examples: Adjectives in a sentence I like old houses. The boy is tall and skinny.
Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns: enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast. They can also describe the quantity of nouns: many, few, millions, eleven.
Adjective and Verb Placement: Grammar Rules. Adjectives are usually placed before the nouns they modify, but when used with linking verbs, such as forms of to be or “sense” verbs, they are placed after the verb. The latter type of adjective is called a predicative adjective.
Adjectives are usually placed before the nouns they describe, as in the examples, tall man and easy assignment, above. Adjectives may also follow the noun they describe. Like nouns, adjectives are often recognizable by their suffixes. Endings such as -ous -ful -ish -able usually designate adjectives.
Adjectives usually tell what kind, how many, or which about nouns or pronouns.An adverb is a part of speech that modifies a another adverb, a verb, or an adjective. It is often recognized by the suffix -ly at the end of it.
An adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. Adjectives can be used to describe the qualities of someone or something independently or in comparison to something else. Examples: Adjectives in a sentence I like old houses.
What is the order of adjectives in a sentence? In a sentence, the determiner always comes first. This is followed by the quantity, opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material and purpose/qualifier of the noun being described.
There are seven (7) words in the English language that are always adjectives. They are the articles a, an, and the and the possessives. They are the following pronouns: my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their, and theirs.
Adjectives can be broken into different categories including comparative, superlative, predicate, compound, possessive, demonstrative, proper, participial, limiting, descriptive, interrogative, attributive, and distributive adjectives.
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