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Adjectives

This document defines and provides examples of different types of adjectives and pronouns in English grammar. It discusses attributive adjectives, predicative adjectives, comparative adjectives, superlative adjectives, coordinate adjectives, appositive adjectives, compound adjectives, participial adjectives, adjective clauses, qualitative adjectives, and quantitative adjectives. It also defines personal pronouns, subject and object pronouns, possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns, impersonal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, and relative pronouns.
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Adjectives

This document defines and provides examples of different types of adjectives and pronouns in English grammar. It discusses attributive adjectives, predicative adjectives, comparative adjectives, superlative adjectives, coordinate adjectives, appositive adjectives, compound adjectives, participial adjectives, adjective clauses, qualitative adjectives, and quantitative adjectives. It also defines personal pronouns, subject and object pronouns, possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns, impersonal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, and relative pronouns.
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Adjectives

Attributive adjectives.
Predicative adjectives.
Comparative adjectives.
Superlative adjectives.
Coordinate adjectives.
Appositive adjectives.
Compound adjectives.
Participial adjectives.
Adjective clause
Adjective of quality/qualitative adjective
Adjective of quantity/quantitative adjective/numerical
adjective

Attributive adjectives.
Adjectives in the first position - before the noun - are called
ATTRIBUTIVE adjectives.
Predicative adjectives.
Those in the second position - after the noun - are called
PREDICATIVE adjectives. Notice that predicative adjectives do
not occur immediately after the noun.
Comparative adjectives.
Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between
the two objects they modify (larger, smaller, faster, and higher).
They are used in sentences where two nouns are compared, in
this pattern: Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective +
than + noun (object).
Superlative adjectives.
Superlative adjectives are used to describe an object which is at
the upper or lower limit of a quality (the tallest, the smallest, the
fastest, and the highest).
Coordinate adjectives.
Coordinate adjectives are words that apply to and describe some
attribute of the same noun or subject. To do this effectively,
however, the author must separate them by a comma—otherwise
the reader may confuse the adjectives as a singular modifier and
not a coordinate pair.
Example: “The Tigris River ends near the
Persian Gulf in a wide, swampy delta.”
Appositive adjectives
An Appositive Adjective is a traditional grammatical term for an
adjective (or a series of adjectives) that follows a noun and, like
a nonrestrictive appositive, is set off by commas or dashes.
Appositive adjectives often appear in pairs or groups of three
(tricolors).
A tricolon, also known as a triadic sentence, is a rhetorical
device that employs three parallel elements, typically in the form
of three words, phrases, or clauses.
This literary technique is often used to add emphasis, create a
sense of balance, and heighten the overall impact of the
sentence.
One of the most famous examples of a tricolon can be found in
the Gettysburg Address, delivered by President Abraham
Lincoln in 1863:
“We cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow
this ground.”
Adjective clause
An adjective clause is a group of words consisting of a noun
and/or a verb preceded by a relative pronoun that modifies the
subject or object in the sentence. Eg: The children are very
smart. Eg: The children of this generation are very smart. Eg:
The children who belong to this generation are very smart.

Compound adjectives.
When you’re writing about a place, how do you describe that
place? You describe it with adjectives. Take a look at this
sentence:
The sauna was steamy and dim.
In this sentence, steamy and dim are the two adjectives. You can
describe your writing’s subject with adjectives like these and
paint a clear picture in your reader’s mind. But sometimes, a
clear picture won’t do. . . you need to paint a crystal
clear picture. When you need to do that, compound adjectives
are one of the most effective tools in your toolkit.
Participial adjectives.
In grammar, we use adjectives to modify and describe nouns and
pronouns. The words funny and blue are examples of adjectives.
We also use participles to create some of the different verb
tenses. The words jumping and tangled are examples of
participles. Sometimes, though, the participles don’t want to be
left out of the modifying fun and decide to act as adjectives.
There’s a fun participle in this sentence: The pirates
found buried treasure. When participles decide to join in the
adjectival adventures, we refer to this type of adjective as
a participial adjective.
Although they may look a bit odd, participial adjectives are
perfectly capable of acting as adjectives in our sentences
adjective of quality/qualitative adjective
Qualitative Adjectives are those Adjectives which can describe
quality of living beings or non-living things. Qualitative
Adjectives answer the question, what kind? Qualitative
Adjectives are gradable which means they can form degrees. We
cannot count Qualitative Adjectives.
Adjective of quantity/quantitative adjective/numerical
adjective
The adjective of quantity is used with nouns that are
uncountable in nature. For example, “There is little oil left for
cooking.” Here, 'little' is a quantitative adjective, whereas an
adjective that refers to how many or in what order the
person/thing is the adjective of number or numeral adjective it
gives a numerical value to something.
Eg [email protected] came first in his class

Pronoun
Personal pronouns.
Subject and object pronouns.
Possessive pronouns.
Reflexive pronouns and intensive pronouns.
Impersonal pronouns.
Demonstrative pronouns.
Interrogative pronouns.
Relative pronouns.

Personal pronouns.
Personal pronouns are pronouns that are associated primarily with a particular grammatical person –
first person, second person, or third person. Personal pronouns may also take different forms depending
on number, grammatical or natural gender, case, and formality

E.g. you, he, she, it, you, him, her.


Subject and object pronouns.
If you use “he,” “she,” or “they,” then the subject pronoun who is the right choice. If you use “him,”
“her,” or “them,” then you need the object pronoun whom.

Possessive pronouns.
A possessive or ktetic form is a word or grammatical construction used to indicate a relationship of
possession in a broad sense. This can include strict ownership, or a number of other types of relation to
a greater or lesser degree analogous to it.

Reflexive pronouns and intensive pronouns.


A reflexive pronoun reflects back on the subject of the sentence while an intensive pronoun adds
emphasis or intensity to a noun. Reflexive: Drew decided to treat himself to a fancy dinner. Intensive:
Jonathan built the shed in the backyard all by himself.

Impersonal pronouns.
An impersonal pronoun is one that does not refer to a specific person or thing. These pronouns are
usually used to refer to an unspecified person or people in general.

Demonstrative pronouns
A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun that is used to point to something specific within a sentence.
These pronouns can indicate items in space or time, and they can be either singular or plural

Interrogative pronouns.
The five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose. What – Used to ask questions
about people or objects. Examples: What do you want for dinner?

Relative pronouns.
A relative pronoun is a pronoun used to introduce a relative clause—a clause that gives further
information about the preceding noun or noun phrase (e.g., “the ball that I threw”). The most commonly
used relative pronouns in English are which, that, who, and whom.

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