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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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What are the adverbs and the adjectives in the following? "much wholesome" and "any other"
and can two adjectives come one after another? shouldn't one become an adverb because now it's modifying an adjective? … Lead is heavier than any other metal
Now again Wren and Martin says any and other are two different adjectives, shouldn't other be the adjective and any adverb? …
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Meaning of "sterile perfection"
I came across the following lines:
Make no mistake: the setting matters. There are many ways to listen to
Indian classical music-in the private, somewhat sterile perfection
of the CDs and DVDs …
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