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Sundarnaz Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
absolute adjctives
which of these are absolute adjectives.
staring, clever, hungry, delicious, gorgeous, furious, scared, perfect
staring, clever, hungry, delicious, gorgeous, furious, scared, perfect
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The ones that cannot be used in comparison.
- The ones that cannot be used in comparison.
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One characteristic of adjective is that it is gradable. That is, there can be comparative and superlative forms. Some grammarians would say that this is a mandatory for the word to be labeled an "adjective."
Which of the words in your list can be used with "more" or "most", or take the endings -er, -est?
Which cannot?
Which of the words in your list can be used with "more" or "most", or take the endings -er, -est?
Which cannot?
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Is clever an absolute adjective? Isn't this cleverer cleverest?
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