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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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Lexical class of "walking" in this sentence
Gerunds can be considered a type of noun; as such, it is here used as an adjective to modify trail, just as most nouns in English can be used as adjectives, as in a phone booth, a cookie jar. …
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Two adjectives for two nouns
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The problem with this kind of double reference is that it might sometimes give rise to ambiguity. That is why the words "respective" and "respectively" are used when it is necessary to let r …
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Is there a classification for words combined with hyphens used as adjectives?
They are called compound adjectives. You will find an overview with some rules and examples on Wikipedia. … Note that you should normally use hyphens ( - ), not dashes ( – or — ) in compound adjectives. …
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A "Decadent" Cheesecake?
In advertising slang, this usage is common, and it means—well, that is the problem with advertising. It doesn't mean anything specific; it just wants to evoke images of a decadent lifestyle, with lots …
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Use of "facetious"
I find this usage odd. It is normally used with a manner or remark, or with humour: facetious humour is light and playful; a facetious remark is mildly humorous; a facetious person is prone to facetio …
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What do you call the adjectives between transitive verbs and objects?
The adjective open can be replaced with other adjectives, and it describes a (resultative) property of the object; it is therefore an object complement. …
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a grammar question : to be in adjective clause
In English, as in many European languages, the infinitive can be used to express expectation when it modifies an adjective or noun. The preposition/particle to is used to connect the infinitive with t …
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Is there an alternative adjective to 'written' with an -al suffix?
One normally uses textual to indicate that something is written, for text is normally written.
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Is this the correct usage of the word "fraught"?
Yes, it is correct here. If something is fraught with x, it is full of x. This x is usually a bad thing, and there is a lot of it. Here are a few xamples:
The journey was fraught with peril.
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Why doesn't the prefix "in" in "invaluable" mean "un-" as in other adjectives?
The reason for the prefix in- in invaluable is that it originally meant simply "impossible to value". It has somehow acquired the more specific meaning that it is impossible to value because its value …
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What is the role of "destitute" in this sentence?
The ordinary, non-appositive use of adjectives is called attributive (e.g. "the destitute girl will sit on the ground").
P.S. …
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Can anyone give me examples of the relative-determinative 'which'?
You will probably find many results if you search for relative adjective, which term you will find in Merriam–Webster and elsewhere:
Relative adjective: a pronominal adjective that introduces a claus …
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Can "some" be a noun and a subject?
Most adjectives can be used as nouns in certain situations: some like it hot; red is ugly; the weak will perish; the lowest of the low, etc. …
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Is there a grammar rule behind the hyphen in the phrase 'one-act play'?
That link Vikas gave was dead for me, so I'll explain it in short. Whenever an adjective consists of more than one word, and comes before the noun it belongs to, it should get a hyphen. This is done t …
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How would you name these two different types of adjectival qualifying?
); others again attribute something entirely different (pointy); different adjectives just have different meanings, and I do not think adjectives pertaining to emotion are anything different. … We may also use metaphor to change the meaning of adjectives, as of any word. …