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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An adjective for something peaceful but sad?
I need an adjective for that please, is about the energy of the room feeling both sad but quiet and peaceful.
There was a ____ atmosphere in the room.
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"The tired fireman found the building ablaze", is "ablaze" predicative adjective at there? [duplicate]
I have encountered a question which asks which sentence doesn't include a predicative adjective and according to the question this sentence includes a predicative adjective,
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Which phrase is being modified in the given sentence?
What is the phrase 'payable in foreign currency' modifying in the following sentence?:
The borrowing cost ceiling includes spread over relevant benchmark rate, loan related
insurance premium and ...
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In need of the word or phrase describing studying or educating in a non-formal way or as a hobby
So when I was 14 years old I started an interest in psychology. I've been studying it (legitimate medical research articles, textbooks, clinical guides, etc vs googling) for almost 13 years at this ...
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Meaning of joined in marriage [closed]
“I joined in marriage Ben and Nicole”… when the officiant write it in the marriage certificate can it have a double meanings?
The first meaning is- I united in marriage Ben and Nicole- meaning I ...
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Past participle or adjective?
John is highly educated.
John was educated in London.
According to traditional grammar, educated is an adjective in the first sentence and a verb in the second sentence (past participle).
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Using the terms gesture, gestural and gesturality
I am trying to understand the difference between, and I'm not sure how to describe it, something like: agree, agreeable and agreeability; approach, approachable and approachability etc...I'm ...
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Why is the adjectival order "noble eightfold path" on the one hand yet "octadic patrician way" on the other?
I'm a native English speaker. As I understand, English grammar rules specify a particular ordering of types of adjectives.
In Buddhism, there is a "noble eightfold path". That is, a path, ...
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Stacked adjectives? [duplicate]
If I say adjectives in a row, where the first could apply to the second, such as "cute blonde girl" - does it imply that I think blonde is cute? If it doesn't, why not and how would this be ...
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Adjectives derived from proper nouns are not always capitalized [duplicate]
I have had a hard time teaching the rule that proper adjectives are capitalized on the Continent (one student even proudly declaimed that proper adjectives just don't exist in England). I taught this ...
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A word for something that is, "Bizarre" but, "Beautiful"
Is there a word that describes something that is weird, strange, odd, bizarre, etc. but also beautiful, wonderful, amazing, fantastic, etc.?
Example: a word to describe a place that is strangely ...
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Greatest extent possible vs Greatest possible extent [adjective position]
I know the following sentences basically mean the same thing:
We need to reduce pollution to the greatest extent possible.
We need to reduce pollution to the greatest possible extent.
so my ...
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What is the passive voice of sentence "When I met you." [closed]
The sentence when did I meet you? Is an interrogative sentence,
Its voice would be:
when were you met by me?
But the given sentence is When I met you.
This is not an interrogative sentence.
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If ‘provincial’ is the adjective for provinces what is the adjective form of ‘dominions’?
I have two category of territories: Provinces and Dominions. Adjective for everything from provinces is provincial. Like Provincial Government, Provincial Roads, Provincial Courts etc.
What is a ...
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Indirect Question Formation with Be
If we look at these direction questions changed into indirect (or more polite) questions:
Where is the bathroom?
Do you know where the bathroom is?
How tall are you?
Could you tell me how tall you ...
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