Questions tagged [adjectives]
Adjectives are just one of several different types of noun modifiers, typically used to premodify or describe a noun. Do not confuse adjectives with nouns used attributively to modify other nouns. Adjectives have comparative and superlative degrees, can be used as predicate adjectives in copulae, and can themselves be modified by intensifiers and adverbs but not by other adjectives. Nouns in attribution fail all those tests.
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Is there an elegant way of refering to this scenario?
I simulated cometary activity in three different scenarios: local (confined to a certain region on the nucleus), global (encompassing the entire nucleus), and global except local.
While it is simple ...
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Adjective for "being added an ellipsis"
This is a related question to Adjective for "containing an ellipsis" with a distinction for the act of becoming, instead of the state of being.
The provided answer suggests elliptic: ...
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Word with “lachrym-“ base denoting “bearing or producing tears”? [closed]
I am searching for a word of the title’s description, yet every available resource has failed to provide such. I have considered for the denotation the term “lacrimiferous” comprised of the Latin “...
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What will be the reduced adjective clause for future indefinite passive voice sentence?
What will be the reduced adjective clause for future indefinite passive voice sentence:
“You can’t heal a heart that will be broken multiple times”?
I found this interpretation somewhere: “You can’t ...
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How would you use commas to separate adjectives of equal rights? [duplicate]
I am very confused about these separate adjectives of equal rights.
The example I got was
The Colt's strong, swift defense enabled them to win.
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Continuous form of verb or Present participle?
Expanded version:
Nobody likes to talk with the man who is sitting on the rock alone.
Reduced version:
Nobody likes to talk with the man sitting on the rock alone.
How is it possible that in the ...
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Is the phrase "Those are all cars make Chevrolet." in the English language? [migrated]
How about these?
Those are all make Chevrolet cars.
and
Those are all Chevrolet make cars.
Are any of these syntactically correct English phrases?
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When do you use hyphens with compound adjectives?
I understand there are numerous questions related to this question but nothing truly clarifies my problem.
I have been trying to understand when I should use hyphens in compound adjectives and I seem ...
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A/an + adj. + weather [duplicate]
We can say,
"I had a delicious breakfast"
because of the adjective, as opposed to
"I had breakfast",
where we don't use an indefinite article. As in this former case we have ...
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Correct/correctly [duplicate]
Congratulations for spelling all your words correct.
I would use “correctly” rather than “correct”.
Can anyone explain why they use an adjective (correct) instead of an adverb (correctly) in this ...
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Intensity adjective
Is there an adjective of intensity (or similar term related to force) that ends in "-al"? like: space > spatial, time > temporal, etc.
Intensity is meant as the physical attribute/...
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Single word for "ignoring the fine details to only consider the big picture" as a counterpoint to "pedantic"?
Is there a single word to describe someone who disregards the fine details of something and only focuses on what they believe is the bigger picture? I'm looking for a pejorative connotation similar to ...
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There is a brand of ale in the United Kingdom called Farmers Ale, with no apostrophe on farmers. Is this correct? [duplicate]
There is a brand of ale called Farmers Ale. Should there be an apostrophe on farmers? Or is farmers acting as an adjective like "sports" cars?
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Why do we use “more ADJECTIVE” and “less ADJECTIVE” with adjectives of more than one syllable? [duplicate]
I've asked this question in Quora and the answers I got were:
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Using "more" and "less" helps maintain clarity and consistency in comparative forms. It provides a ...
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Prepositional phrases next to adjectives
-The boy akin to an impassioned bard recited his stories
-The girl similar to him stood still.
These adjectives (italicized) and others similar are always placed next to a prepositional phrase (bolded)...
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The counterpart of "facial" for head
We have the adjective "facial" for the noun "face", and I am wondering what the counterpart for the noun "head" is.
I could not find it on Google, and ChatGPT told me &...
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Hyphenation of compound adjective or quantifier when referring back to antecedent
Example: She ate one or more apples, and each apple of the one-or-more apples was either red or green.
In the example, if "one or more apples" is the antecedent, should the reference back (i....
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Is the phrase: "...obtained bipartisan political support for the project" redundant?
It appears that bipartisan does not solely refer to political parties, rather just support by two parties. However, would adding political after the phrase be redundant in nature, or more descriptive?
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What is the adjectival form of "paragon"?
If a person or thing is the exemplar of a particular virtue, you might say that they or it is exemplary or ideal; but the word "paragon" has a particular, even mythical connotation that none ...
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benefitting patients with X/ benefits patients with X [duplicate]
I am struggling with analysing the sentence 'Y happens, benefitting patients with X'.
I can see that 'Y benefits patients with X' uses the present tense simple form of the verb.
But in the first ...
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Is there a single word meaning 'a person who loves to represent their city'? [duplicate]
A person who is especially proud to be from a particular city, and puts down others from opposing cities. They rep their city as if it's a sports team. This is especially true in the US.
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What is the single word for "suppression of one's right by using muscle power" or "not letting one exercise one's power by using force" [closed]
Is there any single word for "suppression of one's right by using muscle power" or "not letting one exercise one's power by using force"?
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Adjective for a thing/place well-known by a minority of people
What would you call a place or thing that's well-known or renowned but only among a locality, family, or small group? I've looked into it and have failed to find anything that fits.
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Can Aspectual-Related Words like 'Still' and 'Already' Function as Modifiers in an Adjective Phrase?
This question closely ties into a question I had about verbless clauses. However, I am writing a new one at the suggestion of a user.
Polarity-sensitive aspectual-related words are those such as '...
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cause + noun + to infinitive
Once you’re on your journey, certain wheels cause friction to control
movement toward either side of the track, resulting in a loss of
energy.
Does "to control" specify the verb "cause&...
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Is ‘ask them to both be there’ or ‘they both will be there’ ever grammatical?
I am trying to articulate how to position the determiner/predeterminer ‘both’ behind the nouns being modified. Every rule that I came across on a cursory search involves some unspecified exception, so ...
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“Out of” or “Outside” the box
For composition reasons and how it sound I would like to create a design called “creativity out of the box” but Im not sure if is correct or should be “outside”. Which one is correct?
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Is it sometimes grammatically correct to put a word like "visually" before an adjective-adverb combination like "more distinct"?
Could the following sentence be considered correct when comparing two or more subjects?
It's visually more distinct.
I'm aware that you can rewrite the sentence like this:
It's, visually, more ...
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Adjective referring to a Representative
We have gubernatorial for governors, senatorial for senators, mayoral for mayors; what is the adjective for “of or pertaining to a representative”? The word representational means something totally ...
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Word to describe someone who is skilled at inspecting the inner qualities or state of another [duplicate]
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Hi, I'm looking for an adjective that can be used to describe someone who is skilled at easily identifying the thoughts, abilities, and perspectives of another.
The first sample sentence ...
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"In the flesh" for things
When we meet someone we have only heard about before, our impressions of them may be confirmed or be revised. We can say, after meeting them, that they are different in the flesh (i.e. compared to ...
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What is a word for someone who does things to forget about painful things?
For example, if someone lost a family member and decides that instead of crying they're gonna rub off their pain by playing basketball for 8 hours of their day.
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Can you "feel dubious" about something?
My general feeling is that "dubious" should be used to describe "a dubious wastrel" or "a dubious abandoned castle drawbridge" — instead of "I felt dubious towards ...
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Every cubic inch of air seems 'accounted' for: verb or adjective?
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (Page 1440) has this subsection
Adjectival passives with the negative prefix un
We have noted that such examples as the following are unambiguously ...
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The correct negative form (past participle)
I've been searching the answer to my question wherever it is possible, but I haven't managed to get the strict rule (or guideline) for it.
As we know the negative form of the past participle is ...
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Why do people say a dog is 'harmless' but not 'harmful'?
I'm not asking if people consider dogs dangerous or not, I'm asking about how the words 'harmless' or 'harmful' are used.
Did the distinction on how the words are used arise at some point? One could ...
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Is it correct to write "feast luxurious" instead of "feast luxuriously"? [duplicate]
And much there is on which my ear and eye
Can feast luxurious.
The preceding sentence is a line from a sonnet by Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824–1873).
Is it correct to write "feast luxurious"...
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Is it correct to use "now" as an alternative to (present) or (current), such as; my now wife, my now job? [closed]
Is it correct to use "now" as an alternative to (present) or (current), such as; my now wife, my now job?
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"Unrelentless" to mean "relentless"?
A native speaker commended someone for investigating something thoroughly, so they said "for your relentless investigating efforts", then they corrected themselves and said "...
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Which premodifier is correct: 'ethical' or 'ethics'?
The premodifiers 'ethics' and 'ethical' seem to be used interchangeably in the context of
'ethics review' / 'ethical review'
'ethics committee' / 'ethical committee'
'ethics approval' / 'ethical ...
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Disyllabic nouns that differ from their verbs only in which syllable is emphasised [closed]
Some English nouns are identical to their verbs (and their adjectives) both in spelling and pronunciation, for example:
"This is fake"; "to fake"; "this is a fake"
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Can "and" be used between cumulative adjectives? Can the order be reversed? [closed]
I’m a little confused on cumulative adjectives. Everywhere I look, it says that you cannot put “and” between cumulative adjectives and the order cannot be reversed.
To me, it seems like you can put &...
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Which contexts warrant the use of prepositional phrases over stacked adjectives, and vice versa?
Are there good reasons to use, e.g., "customer relationship management solution" over "solution for customer relationship management"?
I understand that in certain contexts ...
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Question about English grammar [closed]
I was discussing with some friends about English grammar, and we ended up confused about the accuracy of the sentences below
"I know the motive for your rescheduling the class"
"I know ...
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Which one is better "all incurred expenses" or "all expenses incurred?" [duplicate]
I am writing this document for HR at work and wish to outline what our staff should do to get reimbursed. The sentence should be something along the lines of...
All incurred expenses/expenses ...
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Why do we say "narrow artificial intelligence" but "artificial general intelligence"?
When discussing artificial intelligence, we often distinguish between "narrow artificial intelligence" and "artificial general intelligence".
Why does the word "artificial&...
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What is it called when someone addresses you by addressing their dog? [closed]
A friend said something to their dog and it was meant for me. I told her that I am pretty sure that is passive aggressive, but don't think I am correct.
What is this called?
I attempted wording it ...
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A word that means "given to frequent censorship"?
I always assumed that the word censorious meant someone or something that is given to censorship. Like if you say that a community, an organization, or a person is overly-censorious, that means they ...
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Two dozens or two dozen [closed]
Is there any slight difference between these two?
She bought two dozens of eggs.
She bought two dozen eggs.
In an online course a tutor told that second one is more appropriate if both options come ...
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Stative verbs and adjectives/adverbs
Premise:
Verb 'want' is normally (?) stative
We use adverbs when we have an action verb and adjectives when the verb is stative
In sentence "I want it bad(ly)" we would use the adverb '...
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