Monday, October 14, 2013

The Adjectives


Famous quote
"Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity."
  Albert Einstein
  (1879-1955)

Article
—   An article is a word (or prefix or suffix) that is used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Articles specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope. The articles in the English language are the and a/an, and (in some contexts) some. ‘An’ and ‘a’ are modern forms of the Old English 'an', which in Anglia dialects was the number 'one' (compare 'on', in Saxon dialects) and survived into Modern Scots as the number 'an'. Both 'on' (respelled 'one' by the Normans) and 'an' survived into Modern English, with 'one' used as the number and 'an' ('a', before nouns that begin with a consonant sound) as an indefinite article.

—Examples:
—The Walking Dead is gread series.
—A lion eats a zebra.
An apple was eaten by the teacher

Adjectives

—Is a describing word; the main syntactic role of which is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified.
—Adjectives are one of the traditional eight English parts of speech, although linguists today distinguish objectives from word such as determiners that formerly were considered to be adjectives.

—Example
—I love my black cat.
—That's an interesting idea.
—My lazy brother is sleeping.
—The elegant woman went to the party.
—This is easy.
The hamburger of Burger King is delicious

Proper Adjective

—The vast majority of Adjective are common adjectives just a majority nouns are common nouns. Neither common adjective nor common nouns begin with a capital letter. When an adjective has it root as proper noun, it is said to be a proper adjective, Just like a proper noun, proper adjective always begin with a capital letter.

—Example
—Italian cream cake is extremely rich yet delicious. (Italy)
— He is a true Renaissance man. (Renaissance time period) 

Comparative

Comparative is a syntactic construction that serves to express a comparison between two(or more) entities or groups of entities in quality, quantity or degree;it is one of the degrees of comparison alongside the positive and the superlative. The comparative is signaled in English by the suffix -er or by a word of comparison (as, more, less) and the conjunction or preposition like word as or than. The comparative is frequent associated with adjectives and adverbs because these word like -er suffix or modifying word more or less; it can also, however, appear when no adjective or adverb is presents. for instance with nouns.

—The comparative in English is generally expressed by a combination of two words by a focusing element (-er, more, less,as) and a second word part of the comparison (as or than)
—Examples:
—She is smarter than him.
—She is more intelligent than him.
—Your music is nicer than my music. 

Superlative Adjective 

—A superlative adjective is used to compare three or more object, people or place. Using the superlative form takes a comparison to the highest degree possible. As shown in the beginning sentence example, the adjective best is a superlative adjective that compares three or more dessert. 

This are rules for superlative: For a one-syllable word simply add the suffix -est to their word. Ex. Long- Longest, Big- Biggest 
If the one-syllable word ends "e" you only need to add -st. Ex. Fine- Finest
If a two-syllable word ends with a "y" then change the "y" to "i" and add -est. Ex. Pretty- Prettiest 
When have two syllable combine "most". Ex. Famous- Most Famous, Immense- Most Immense












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