ADJECTIVE

In linguistics, an adjective is a word that generally modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes its referent.

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 ADJECTIVE
In linguistics, an adjective is a word that generally modifies a noun or
noun phrase or describes its referent. Its semantic role is to change
information given by the noun.

Examples
 The food in the party is very scrumptious.

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 Jack is an angry young man. 3

 The red Ferrari is standing next to my door.

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PROPER ADJECTIVES
English orthography sometimes uses the term proper
adjective to mean adjectives that take initial capital
letters, and common adjective to mean those that do not.

Examples
I love Thai people.
Tom is English.
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ADJECTIVE OF QUALITY
Adjectives of Quality are words that tell us about the kind or
qualities of a person or thing being talked about.

Examples
I drank half of my juice.
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There are hundred students.
ADJECTIVE OF QUANTITY
The adjective of quantity is used with nouns
that are uncountable in nature.

Examples
I have many students.
There are few students in the class.
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DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES
Demonstrative adjectives are special adjectives or determiners used to identify or
express the relative position of a noun in time or space. A demonstrative
adjective comes before all other adjectives in the noun phrase.

Examples
(This and These-used for objects that are near.)
 Those flowers are very sweet.
 These apples are completely ripened.
(That and Those-used for the objects that are far.)
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 INTERROGATIVE
ADJECTIVES
An interrogative adjective, also known as interrogative determiner,
is an adjective that modifies a noun by asking a question.

Examples
 What superpowers would you like?
 What car do you drive?
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NUMERAL ADJECTIVES
A numeral adjective is an adjective that tells us about how many or
how much or in what order the noun is in.

Examples
 Every human being is selfish by nature.
 Some of them did not participate in the summit.
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 DISTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES
A distributive adjective is an adjective that refers to
members of a group individually.

Examples
 Each player has to play well.
 Each girl must bring her own bag.

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POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
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.

Examples
My shirt is green.
Their car is red. 12

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