We use adjectives to describe nouns.
Most adjectives can be used in front of a noun:
We saw a very exciting film last night.
or after a link verb like be, look or feel:
That film looks interesting.
When indefinite pronouns — such as something, someone, anybody — are modified by an adjective, the adjective comes after the pronoun:
Anyone capable of doing something horrible to someone nice should be punished.
Forming Adjectives: typical suffixes
Many adjectives end with -y, -ary and -ate, but they may also be the endings of nouns and verbs.
Degrees of Adjectives
Adjectives without degrees of comparison:
| absolute | impossible | principal |
| adequate | inevitable | stationary |
| chief | irrevocable | sufficient |
| complete | main | unanimous |
| devoid | manifest | unavoidable |
| entire | minor | unbroken |
| fatal | paramount | unique |
| final | perpetual | universal |
| ideal | preferable | whole |
Collective Adjectives
When the definite article, the, is combined with an adjective describing a class or group of people, the resulting phrase can act as a noun:
the poor, the rich, the oppressed, the homeless, the lonely, the unlettered, the unwashed, the gathered.
A collective adjective is always plural and requires a plural verb:
- The rural poor have been ignored by the media.
- The elderly are beginning to demand their rights.
- The young at heart are always a joy to be around.
Compound adjectives
A compound adjective is formed when two or more adjectives are joined together to modify the same noun. These terms should be hyphenated.
Diana submitted a 6-page document.
She adopted a two-year-old cat.
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