37 Answered Questions for the topic adjectives
Is there any hard and fast rule for placing a coordinate adjective that is modified by an adverb first in a set or series of such adjectives?
For example, I want to describe a special type of fire. I could say, "Extremely hot, flowing yellowish-green flames began to come off of the wood," or I could say, "Flowing, extremely hot...
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07/31/19
Is a determiner considered an adjective or a separate part?
I came across some blogs which states that determiners are types of adjectives (according to traditional grammar), whereas wiki (which I do not entirely trust) indicates some key differences. after...
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07/29/19
Can someone help with these two GRE verbal questions?
Requirement: fill the blank with **two** words choosen from this list, each word should give the sentence the same meaning. >1. Modern agricultural practices have been extremely successful in...
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07/11/19
Can adjectives get plural s?
Are the following sentences correct grammatically? 1- *The war had two hundred **woundeds**.* (And not *wounded soldiers*) 2- *There are two **modals** in that sentence.* (And not *modal verbs*)...
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07/03/19
Can a noun work as an adjective, and the adjective as a noun?
# Hazel EyesI found the following paragraph in the [guycounseling.com blog article “Hazel Eyes: Learn Why People with Greenish Eye Color are...
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07/02/19
The word "dear" in public speech?
I am a member of a Toastmaster club in the Czech republic where people work on their public speaking skills. It is a usual to open a speech by
> Dear fellow Toastmasters, dear guests,...
It is...
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Unconscious versus "nonconscious" in everyday dialogue?
These words have subtle distinctions in related research fields, but even there are often considered interchangeable or just an matter of tradition/trendiness in a particular field.
Since I am a...
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06/24/19
We say "U.S. citizen", but why can't we say "China citizen"? Or can we?
Is the word "U.S." an adjective or a noun modifier in this case? It seems to me that it is an adjective that goes before citizen, because we say "Russian citizen", "Chinese citizen", etc. But if...
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06/24/19
Why do we say “Japan earthquake” and not “Japanese earthquake”?
Isn’t earthquake a noun and the preceding word an adjective? Isn’t “Japanese” the adjectival form of “Japan”?
06/24/19
Using "so" and "very" for ungradable adjectives?
We generally use modifiers such as "so" and "very" for gradable/normal adjectives (water can be quite/so/very HOT, but not quite/so/very BOILING (an ungradable/extreme adjective). Yet would you say...
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Grammatically correct sentence where "you're" and "your" can be interchanged?
Most grammar checkers are capable of detecting the the misuse of "your" and "you're"; providing the necessary correction. I'm curious though, is there any sentence that can be constructed where...
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06/21/19
Americans can eat Chinese, but Chinese can't eat Americans?
No offence!! Please take it just for knowledge. I heard one of my friends saying **Americans can eat Chinese but Chinese can't eat Americans**. He said so for fun, and everybody was just laughing....
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Difference between 'eat soup hot' and 'eat hot soup'?
Can anyone explain the difference between the following sentences?1. I eat most kinds of soup hot.2. I eat most kinds of hot soup.Earlier today, one of my non-English speaking friends asked me the...
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06/12/19
Is "as (adjective) as (adjective)" acceptable usage?
For idiosyncratic reasons of euphony and metre, I want to write (something like) "She wore round her neck many gems, as beautiful as rare."
I feel in my bones that this formulation, "... as...
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Is た形 required when using 自動詞 as an adjective?
From the grammar book I learned that when 自動詞 is being used as an adjective, it should change its form to the た形, for example:
- 優れ{すぐれ}**た**学生
- 拗れ{こじれ}**た**話し
But can I say 優れ**る**学生 or...
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Differences between "very" and "very much" as adjective modifiers?
The following examples are clearly wrong:
> × I am very much tired
> × She is very much clever
But the following sounds fine (at least according to...
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05/29/19
What is a typical situation to say "disgraziato"?
What is a typical situation to use "disgraziato!"?What kind of emotion is associated with the word?
05/24/19
La Mia Famiglia or Mia Famiglia?
I am confused as I thought Mia Famiglia translated to My Family, but I was recently corrected and told it was La Mia Famiglia... what is the difference?
05/15/19
What is the difference between "〜がる" and "〜がっている"?
I want to know the difference between `〜がる` and `〜がっている`, and in what situations I can use them.
My friend said `〜がる` is used for a regular activity that someone does every day or every week, and...
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Should I use " related" or "-related"?
What is **the correct use of the term *"related?"*** For example, should I use it like *computer related*, or is it more proper to use *computer-related* (where the word *"computer"* is just part...
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05/11/19
Using に with adjectives?
I want to know if there is a rule or way of thinking that makes it easier to understand which adjectives can be used in the following...
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Can a noun + suru have an adjective modify the noun as well?
”I did some difficult studying last night."
Could I say, "昨夜、難しい勉強しました。”?
Basically, my question is: can an adjective, relative clause, or adjectival phrase modify a noun that has する attached,...
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Why does "neu" become "Neues" after "etwas"?
I found this sentence in a German children's book:
>Jeden Tag entdeckt Katrin etwas Neues.
Neues is a noun here? How can that be? I'd think that 'new' was an adjective.
As a noun, I found...
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ない in つまらない and similar adjectives and their conjugation with すぎる?
The usual path for conjugation would be:
1. 高い → 高すぎる (drop い, append すぎる)
2. ない → なさすぎる (drop い, append さ, append すぎる)
Is ない in つまらない treated as the negative ない which conjugates as 2.? Or is...
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Are there any rules to remember nouns / adjectives that are related to verbs?
I am having a real trouble remembering vocabulary where a noun or adjective is related to a verb (or vice versa).**Example 1**Verb tagliare = to cut.Conjugation taglio = I cut.Conjugation taglia =...
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