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2.1 What Is an Adjective?

Certain little words make a big difference
for nouns and pronouns.

red
two
the, any
an, my this whose
a

These words are called adjectives.
They modify nouns and pronouns.

This chapter introduces two groups of adjectives: descriptive
adjectives and determiners or limiting adjectives. In grammar, we
say that an adjective modifies the meaning of a noun or pronoun.

Modifiers make clearer or limit the meaning
of other words.

2.2 Descriptive Adjectives
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Descriptive adjectives specify the shape,
size, or color of the noun they modify.

Descriptive adjectives are often called common adjectives.
Like a common noun, they are ordinary, everyday adjectives.
They describe a noun in a general way. Examples of common
adjectives include soft, blue, sunny, small, and wet.

In general, common adjectives are placed before the noun they
are describing, as the following examples illustrate.

Examples:

blue ball wet flippers

Descriptive Adjective Noun Descriptive Adjective Noun
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