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Double adjectives
is it possible to have 2 adjectives describing one another like this?
funny angry teacher
and does this rule NEVER CHANGE: adj preceding determinant: funny a teacher
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thanks
funny angry teacher
and does this rule NEVER CHANGE: adj preceding determinant: funny a teacher
????
thanks
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'), but the rule holds better than most English rules of grammar and structure. Your two adjectives don't modify each other; they both modify 'teacher'-- or at least I presume that is the intention, and should be separated by a comma: 'a funny, angry teacher'. If you want to modify an adjective (and words do not simultaneously describe each other) then you should use the adverb: 'a funnily angry teacher' (though I caution you that this particularly pairing is a little awkward sounding here, perhaps because it is difficult to see funniness in an angry teacher, especially when you are the student).
- '), but the rule holds better than most English rules of grammar and structure.
- Your two adjectives don't modify each other; they both modify 'teacher'-- or at least I presume that is the intention, and should be separated by a comma: 'a funny, angry teacher'.
- If you want to modify an adjective (and words do not simultaneously describe each other) then you should use the adverb: 'a funnily angry teacher' (though I caution you that this particularly pairing is a little awkward sounding here, perhaps because it is difficult to see funniness in an angry teacher, especially when you are the student).
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The rule seldom changes, but you have it backward: 'determiner before adjective':
A funny teacher
This angry moderator
My happy wife
The order changes occasionally, as in some exclamations ('how funny a teacher he is!'), but the rule holds better than most English rules of grammar and structure.
Your two adjectives don't modify each other; they b
A funny teacher
This angry moderator
My happy wife
The order changes occasionally, as in some exclamations ('how funny a teacher he is!'), but the rule holds better than most English rules of grammar and structure.
Your two adjectives don't modify each other; they b
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Hello
You can use as many adjectives as you like.
(EX) I don't like that short-tempered lecherous silly old guy.
In some idiomatic phrases you have to put an adjective before a/an.
(EX1) She is so pretty a girl (that every boy likes her).
(EX2) She is too bright a student to study with me.
paco
[PS] Sorry Mr M, I didn't notice you had already
You can use as many adjectives as you like.
(EX) I don't like that short-tempered lecherous silly old guy.
In some idiomatic phrases you have to put an adjective before a/an.
(EX1) She is so pretty a girl (that every boy likes her).
(EX2) She is too bright a student to study with me.
paco
[PS] Sorry Mr M, I didn't notice you had already
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there are several errors in your sentences. more than one adjective in succession requires a comma. and the boy likes, not like. i don't use capitalization. ever.
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Hi,
Can you give me some examples of words that simultaneously describe each other?
Thank you.
Can you give me some examples of words that simultaneously describe each other?
Thank you.
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hi can you use double adjectives in the beggining of a sentence. If so can you give some examples please
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Hi,
Rich, beautiful women are popular.
Warm, sunny days are nice.
Clive
Rich, beautiful women are popular.
Warm, sunny days are nice.
Clive
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