English

Practical English Grammar

the adjective

The adjective, the third of the eight parts of speech, modifies (qualifies or
limits the meaning of) a noun or pronoun. An adjective can answer any one
of these questions: What kind? Which one? How many? or How much?

In addition to regular adjectives such as tall, muscular, beautiful, and intell-
igent, there are two specific types of adjectives—the proper adjective and the
compound adjective.

➲ A proper adjective is formed from a proper noun. Examples of proper
adjectives include French onion soup, the Belgian detective, Orwellian
philosophy, and the Kenyan landscape.

➲ A compound adjective is composed of two or more words. Examples include part-time referee, eight-foot tree, and fifteen-year-old musician.

➲ Note: Do not hyphenate an adjective preceding an adverb that ends in -ly. Some of these instances are smartly dressed politician and nicely groomed model.

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Notes

Practical English Grammar - Notes

1. Italics Hyphens and Brackets

2. Quotation Marks Part Three

3. compound subjects part two

4. the noun

5. the adverb

6. Using Capital Letters

7. Sound a like words Part Four

8. the preposition

9. the indirect object

10. the pronoun

11. the infinitive and infinitive phrase

12. introducing phrases

13. The Apostrophe

14. the verb

15. Confusing usage words part six

16. the adjective phrase

17. the adjective clause

18. complete and simple subjects

19. Confusing usage words part three

20. The Semicolon

21. the object of the preposition

22. the adverb phrase

23. introducing clauses

24. the noun clause

25. The Colon

26. the subordinating conjunction

27. The possessive case

28. the appositive

29. what good writers do

30. the participle and participial phrase

31. Commas Part Five

32. the direct object

33. the adjective

34. Confusing usage words part two

35. Second Capitalization List

36. The verb be

37. the adverb clause

38. types of sentences by purpose

39. the interjection

40. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

41. More Apostrophe Situations

42. agreement involving prepositional phrases

43. subject complements predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives

44. The possessive case and pronouns

45. Transitive and intransitive verbs

46. Sound a like words Part Two

47. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks

48. Commas Part Three

49. Commas Part Four

50. Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes