Category: adjectives and adverbs...
- adjectives have no inflections aside from the determiners
- qualities can be broadly classified as abstract, comparative, or physical
- when you want to give more information about something than you can give by using a noun alone, you can use an adjective to identify it or describe it in more detail
- an adjective is used either before a noun or after a link verb and it is either qualitative (happy, intelligent) or classifying (financial intellectual)
- adverbs describe the manner in which things are done: time, frequency, duration; place; manner/how/circumstances; degree; focusing; linking; negative
- the top 20 most frequent adjectives, adverbs
- the endings -er and -est denote degrees of comparison and are regarded as noninflectional suffixes (English is the only European language to employ uninflected adjectives)
- adjectives and adverbs can function as nouns or verbs and adverbs can function as adjectives
- The order in multiple attribution tends to be as follows: determiner, quantifier, adjective of quality; adjective of size, shape, or texture; adjective of color or material; noun adjunct (if any, head noun <that one solid, round, oak dining table>)
- Adverbs are more mobile than adjectives.
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