cian wise and judicious. single adjective can affect the meaning of a sentence.

Note the difference in the meaning of these two sentences:

d only him. heard him. CLASSIFICATION OF ADJECTIVES

are divided into two general classes: 1) descriptive orqualifying adjectives and 2) definitive or limiting adjec Descriptive Adjectives

e adjective describes or names some quality of the object expressed by the noun or pronoun (i.e. strange, green, Fr

ant elm tree casted its shadows over the stream. two generous ladies have a mean neighbor. ald-headed eagle is a beautiful bird.

ples I have given above, giant, generous, mean, bald-headed,and beautiful are descriptive adjectives. A descrip wers the question, "What kind of?" in connection with the noun or pronoun modified; as, What kind of elm? Gian s?Generous. Definitive Adjectives

e adjective points out or tells how much or how many (i.e.these, two, the, a, that, many).

ook contains one hundred pages.

ut the particular book in mind. One hundred tells how manypages. Limiting Adjectives

djectives include the following kinds of words:

es, the and a (or an).

adjectives: three boys, the third chapter, eleven players, theeleventh month, the first day. Numeral Adjectives

djectives are divided into two classes: cardinals, which include all such adjectives as one, two, three, four, ni which include the forms first, second, third, fourth, ninety-ninth,and all others like them.

nce, twice, thrice are adverbs. numeral adjectives may be used as nouns.

have a tornado, what will become of the food? wos are four. reds lost their lives in that riot.

can use about twenty-five words either as adjectives or as pronouns. Among them are this, these, that, those, each ll, few, many, either, neither, one, another, former, latter, more, most, same, much.

s, these, that, those, are called demonstratives, because theypoint out persons, places, or things.

y, some, other, such, and others are not as definite as the demonstratives, and are therefore called indefinites. Interrogative Adjectives

es, interrogative and relative pronouns are among limiting adjectives.

movie do you want to watch next? w which book you are reading next. d what land he had and whatever food he could buy. an whose wallet you found lives in Texas. statement of his do you object to? Possessive Adjectives

djectives are the possessive forms of limiting adjectives, such as: my, your, his, her, its, our, their, andwhose, whe ed as adjectives.

r, our, and their are always so used; but his, its, and whoseare sometimes used as adjectives, sometimes as prono

my book, your package, her purse, and our movie tickets. book is this? Is it his book? Is it Brian's book? is this book? This book is hers. Its cover is torn. Proper Adjectives

ctives derived from proper nouns as proper adjectives. You should always begin a proper adjective with a capita

ench government glish language merican flag Adjective Uses of Nouns and Pronouns

be modified by another noun or by a pronoun. In the following sentences the nouns and pronouns in italics are us

echcanic built a car chain. ouse boat needed repairs. owling ball rested easily in the wheel chair. s hat lay on the steering wheel. e book is this? It is her book. Cautions in Using Adjectives

ese, those, them

t are the only adjectives that have a plural form. These andthose are plural and you must use them with plural nou rrect. You should write: that kind or those kinds. Them is not an adjective and you should not use it to modify a n

one another

efers to two objects only; one another refers to more than two objects.

wo sisters love each other. ree sisters love one another.

erany one

ther properly refers to one of two. Any one refers to one of several.

se adjectives that express number, use the words first andlast before the adjective.

st two sentences t ten pages Misc. Rules

en two or more adjectives modify the same noun, the article is used before the first adjective only.

k and white dog. (One dog.)

en two or more adjectives modify different nouns, one of which is expressed and the rest understood, the article is e:

ack and the white care are mine. (Cat is understood after black.) hite and the red house belong to Mr. Henry. publican and the Democratic party seem to agree on the new law. ought a silk and a cotton towl. (Two towls.) ought a silk and a cotton towl. (One towl.) drew a map of the Northern and the Southern streets.

r: A descriptive adjective is one that describes.

djective is one that points out or tells how much or how many.

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