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Hanuman_2000 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

adjective

Hello,

What is a non-gradable adjective?

Could any body give some examples?

Thanks.
  

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A gradable adjective is one that can be modifed: rich, richer, richest. Tall, taller, tallest. Fun, more fun, most fun.

— Vorpar

  • A gradable adjective is one that can be modifed: rich, richer, richest.
  • Tall, taller, tallest.
  • Fun, more fun, most fun.
  • Non-gradable means that there are no variations: Alive, dead, unique, etc.
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A gradable adjective is one that can be modifed: rich, richer, richest. Tall, taller, tallest. Fun, more fun, most fun.

Non-gradable means that there are no variations: Alive, dead, unique, etc.
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A gradable adjective describes a quality that you can have more or less of. happy, not so happy, very happy, extremely happy, only a little happy.
A non-gradable adjective only has one degree. You can't have more or less of it. For example first.
You can say that you were the first person to enter the room, but you can't say you were more first or not very first, or only
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