Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Notes 1: Basic explanation on adjectives

Some adjectives give us factual information about the noun - age, size colour etc (fact adjectives - can't be argued with). Some adjectives show what somebody thinks about something or somebody - nice, horrid, beautiful etc (opinion adjectives - not everyone may agree).
The good news is that the form of an adjective does not change. It does not matter if the noun being modified is male or female, singular or plural, subject or object.

For example: 
Imagine......one day you go out to the town and found a car....The car is silver in colour....so you say:

"There is a silver car on the road"

The next day, you go to the same town and found several cars....The cars are also silver in colour..so you say:

"There are several silver cars on the road"

and NOT!!
"There are several silvers cars on the road"
"There are several silvering cars on the road"

In conclusion, the adjectives should always remain the same although the nouns or pronouns are changed.

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