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Descriptive
The most commonly thought of adjectives are descriptive. They help make our writing more clear and precise. Descriptive adjectives accomplish this task by modifying a pronoun or noun with an attribute. Hence, this type of adjective will come before a noun or pronoun. Examples The blue dog saved the day. The horrid woman cursed at me. The smiling cat hid behind…
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Adjectives
Types of Adjectives in English We are now going to look at the various different types of adjectives that can be used to spice up your sentences. There are two main types of adjectives as shown below. Descriptive adjectives describe the quality of the noun. In fact, descriptive adjectives can be attributive adjectives or predicate adjectives. Attributive adjectives appear before a noun in…
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Adjective or Adverb
Adjectives modify pronouns and nouns. In contrast, adverbs modify verbs. A lot of adverbs have an -ly suffix. Words like quickly and dangerously are examples of adverbs with this suffix. Example Adjective: The girl is bad. Adverb: The girl moves badly in an office setting. In the first example, the girl is being modified. In the second, the…
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Gradable
We can grade most adjectives. That is to say, adjectives allow alterations of their meaning by adverbs. Examples of adverbs include extremely, slightly fairly, and very. When pairing gradable adjectives with adverbs we can adjust their intensity. Example The ship was very big. She moved extremely slow.
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Do Not Overuse Adjectives
When writing you want to choose adjectives that enhance your writing. Select adjectives that give your writing purpose. While adjectives can add specificity to nouns, they can also weigh your text down if used indiscriminately. Avoid adding adjectives to make your writing pretty. Do not use adjectives to compensate for weak nouns. Instead, choose stronger…
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Questions Adjectives Ask
We can usually identify an adjective by asking specific questions like how many, what color, which one, or what type. The answers to the above questions help illuminate the adjectives present in the sentence. Adjective Examples English Adjectives can be identified by their endings. Common adjective endings are as follows: -able/-ible: credible, achievable, gullible, capable, illegible, sensible,…
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How Important Are Adjectives?
An adjective can denote the color, size, condition, sense, quantity, appearance, time, or personality of a noun or pronoun. Also, adjectives are capable of expressing comparisons by degrees. However, adjectives do not simply have to describe an object, they can also be used in order to describe something that is not tangible. A good example of this is the use of adjectives…
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What Is An Adjective?
Adjectives provide details about people, places, and things. We use adjectives to alter nouns and pronouns. For example, we can make a noun like duck more specific by introducing it with an adjective like tiny or quiet. While adjectives can make your writing more descriptive, it is crucial not to overuse them. What is an adjective? In the most simple terms,…
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Parts of Speech in English | Pictures
In the English language, there are eight different parts of speech and each one serves its own purpose. Without them, we would not be able to form a coherent sentence and so it is important that we are familiar with what each of them is. In these images, we are going to look at each…
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Parts of Speech and Sentence Construction
In sentence construction, parts of speech are present in what are known as the clauses of sentences. Clauses are groups of words that have a subject and a verb. The verb is also part of an entire verb phrase known as a predicate. Simple/Basic Sentences In its simplest form, a sentence can have one independent clause. For example, the sentence I walk to…