Adjective and Adverb
Adjective and Adverb
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Adjective
An adjective describes or modifies noun/s and pronoun/s in a sentence. It normally indicates
quality, size, shape, duration, feelings, contents, and more about a noun or pronoun.
Adjectives usually provide relevant information about the nouns/pronouns they modify/describe
by answering the questions: What kind? How many? Which one? How much? Adjectives enrich
your writing by adding precision and originality to it.
Example:
o The team has a dangerous batsman. (What kind?)
o I have ten candies in my pocket. (How many?)
o I loved that red car. (Which one?)
o I earn more money than he does. (How much?)
Position of Adjevtive
And there are certain adjectives that, in combination with certain words, are always
"postpositive" (coming after the thing they modify):
See, also, the note on a- adjectives, below, for the position of such words as "ablaze, aloof,
aghast."
Types of Adjective
Depending on the language, an adjective can precede a corresponding noun on a prepositive basis
or it can follow a corresponding noun on a postpositive basis. Structural, contextual, and style
considerations can impinge on the pre-or post-position of an adjective in a given instance of its
occurrence. In English, occurrences of adjectives generally can be classified into one of three
categories:
1. Prepositive adjectives, which are also known as "attributive adjectives," occur on an
antecedent basis within a noun phrase.[6] For example: "I put my happy kids into the car,"
wherein happy occurs on an antecedent basis within the my happy kids noun phrase, and
therefore functions in a prepositive adjective.
2. Postpositive adjectives can occur: (a) immediately subsequent to a noun within a noun
phrase, e.g. "I took a short drive around with my happy kids;" (b) as linked via
a copula or other linking mechanism subsequent to a corresponding noun or pronoun; for
example: "My kids are happy," wherein happy is a predicate adjective[7] (see
also: Predicative expression, Subject complement); or (c) as an appositive
adjective[8] within a noun phrase, e.g. "My kids, [who are] happy to go cruising, are in
the back seat."
3. Nominalized adjectives, which function as nouns. One way this happens is by eliding a
noun from an adjective-noun noun phrase, whose remnant thus is a nominalization. In
the sentence, "I read two books to them; he preferred the sad book, but she preferred the
happy", happy is a nominalized adjective, short for "happy one" or "happy book".
Another way this happens is in phrases like "out with the old, in with the new", where
"the old" means "that which is old" or "all that is old", and similarly with "the new". In
such cases, the adjective may function as a mass noun (as in the preceding example). In
English, it may also function as a plural count noun denoting a collective group, as in
"The meek shall inherit the Earth", where "the meek" means "those who are meek" or
"all who are meek".
Adverb
What is an adverb? An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb (he sings loudly), an
adjective (very tall), another adverb (ended too quickly), or even a whole sentence (Fortunately, I
had brought an umbrella). Adverbs often end in -ly, but some (such as fast) look exactly the
same as their adjective counterparts.
Example : Tom Longboat did not run badly.
Tom is very tall.
The race finished too quickly.
Fortunately, Lucy recorded Tom’s win.
Types of Adverb
When an adverb modifies a verb, it can often be categorized as one of the following:
Type Examples
Adverb of Time An adverb of time tells us when an action occurs or how often.
(when and how I tell him daily.
often) What you plant now, you will harvest later. (Author Og
Mandino)
(NB: Adverbs of time that tell us how often something occurs (e.g.,
"always," "often," "sometimes") are also known as "adverbs of
frequency.")
Adverb of Place An adverb of place tells us where an action occurs.
(where) I did not put it there.
Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is,
alas, not so easy as looking at it. (Artist Vincent Van Gogh)
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