You use an adjective, it better be a sixty-four-dollar adjective. Pope-holy; properly an adjective, meaning 'holy as a pope,' hence, hypocritical.
When the exact sense was lost, the suffix -al seemed to be adjectival, and the word dismal became at last an adjective. The subject pronoun, when unemphatic, is not expressed, but understood from the termination of the verb. The relative object pronoun is often repeated as a personal pronoun, so that the verb has its object expressed twice. The most typical words and phrases that go before adjectives premodifiers are adverb phrases expressing degree:.
The major exception is the degree adverb enough , which goes after the adjective a postmodifier :. I am strong enough to face the difficulties.
He had lost his usually calm attitude and become very nervous. He made an insensitively timed remark that upset her. Most common adjectives can express different degrees of qualities, properties, states, conditions, relations, etc. These are called gradable adjectives :. Before gradable adjectives, we can use words which show different degrees of the feature in question. These are usually adverb phrases. The waves are this high in the winter.
This high would usually be spoken with a gesture showing a specific height. That high refers to a statement made by someone about the height of the waves or to the moment of seeing the high waves. The waves are over six metres high in the winter. Six metres is a noun phrase. Certain adjectives expressing measurable features e. Some degree adverbs so, too, as need a word or phrase to complete their meaning a complement. The complement may be a clause or a phrase.
The complement comes after the adjective head. The waves were so high that they went onto the street! So is the degree adverb before the adjective high. It needs the complement that they went onto the street in order to complete its meaning. The waves are too high to go sailing. Too is the degree adverb before the adjective high. It needs the complement to go sailing in order to complete its meaning.
The waves are as high as the wall in the winter. The waves are higher than the wall in the winter. To compare two things which are different, we add the suffix -er to the adjective before the complement. How is used to ask questions and to make exclamations about degree.
There is an important difference in word order. Some adjectives cannot be made bigger, smaller, higher, lower, stronger, weaker, etc. These are called ungradable adjectives :. The most common gradable adjectives can be grouped into pairs of opposites antonyms which refer to features like height: short — tall ; heat: hot — cold , size; big — small , etc. These adjectives are at the upper and lower parts of an open-ended scale a scale with no maximum or minimum :.
My working day is very long. We can use degree adverbs such as absolutely, completely, entirely, totally and other similar words before these adjectives:. The garden is completely dry. The city centre is absolutely full of tourists at this time of year. Other degree adverbs which we can use before this type of gradable adjective include almost, barely, half, scarcely :. Brain cell regeneration is almost possible , say scientists.
The situation in my old job was quite different. It was a very small new company. Gradable and ungradable. We can use some adjectives before the noun or after the verb but the meaning differs.
We can finish that job on Monday but this particular job needs to be done by today. My boss is very particular. He checks all our work very carefully. His late wife came from a very rich family. The police are certain that the killer was known to the victim. A noun n is sometimes used before another noun to give more information about it.
This is called a noun modifier. Adjectives adj come before noun modifiers:. When adjectives are used before the noun attributive function , there are also sometimes degree adverbs. Different degree adverbs require different positions for the adjective phrase. Quite : quite a cold day The normal order with quite is quite a cold day. The normal order with rather is a rather cold day. A kind-hearted person is one who likes other people a lot and always wants to help them.
Outsets and onsets! Adjective phrases: position. See also: Adjective phrases. Adjectives normally only used before a noun. Numbers and first, last. Some adjectives of degree. Some adjectives of time and order.
Some adjectives that limit the following noun. Adjectives normally only used after a noun. Adjectives normally only used after a verb. Adjectives with the prefix a -. S ome adjectives referring to states of health.
Words and phrases that go before and after adjectives. See also: Enough. Gradable adjectives and words and phrases that go before them. The waves are fairly high in the winter. The waves are quite high in the winter. The clock is over years old. How high are the waves? How high the waves are! These are called ungradable adjectives : The tree is dead. Not: The tree is fairly dead. My dog is female. Not: My dog is sort of female.
Not: My working day is completely long. My house is so hot. Not: My house is absolutely hot. This office is extremely small. Not: This office is totally small. Maximum and minimum. Are you? See also: Quite Gradable and ungradable. Different meanings of adjectives before the noun and after the verb.
Adjectives before nouns that modify other nouns. See also: Nouns. Order of adjectives in noun phrases with articles and degree modifiers. Special cases. Quite : quite a cold day. Rather : a rather cold day. See also: Quite Rather. See also: Adverbs Enough Quite. Popular searches 01 Adverbs and adverb phrases: position 02 Other , others , the other or another? Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes.
Image credits. Word of the Day kind-hearted. About this. Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns. For example: My computer. Your pen.
Our car. My car is in front of the school. This is Jack and this is his wife, Sue. Our new Maths teacher is very nice. What a beautiful bird! Its feathers are bright blue!
For example: Whose pen is this?
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