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    What is an adjective

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    An adjective is a word that serves to modify a noun or pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying its specific characteristics. Essentially, the purpose of an adjective is to answer the following questions:



    • How many are there?

    • What kind is it?

    • Which one is it?


    Adjectives are often confused with adverbs by those who are learning about English grammar for the first time. However, it’s easy to correctly identify an adverb if you remember that many of them are formed by adding -ly to an adjective. While happy is an adjective, happily is an adverb. In addition, an adjective always follows a form of the verb to be when it modifies the noun before the verb.


    Examples of Adjectives



    • Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, and white are adjectives because they describe the color of something.

    • Tall, short, fat, thin, pretty, and ugly are adjectives that can be used to describe the physical characteristic of a person.

    • Zany, quirky, vivacious, exuberant, determined, diligent, and adaptable are adjectives because they outline personality traits.


     

    Chiangmai

    Good explanation. Thank you.

    Is it possible then, Rengard, to have an adjective that comes immediately after a noun?

    An adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun, i.e.- pretty girl or rotten meat.

    An adjective describes a noun.



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