TAILIEUCHUNG - Grammar for everyone part 10

Grammar for Everyone provides a thorough reference guide for the different types of word, guidance for correct punctuation, instruction for optimal sentence structure and advice for a correct, clear and persuasive way to speak and write. | Adjectives Colour your world Definition The word adjective is from Latin ad jacere meaning throw to or add . In the grammatical sense this means to add the characteristics of something . to qualify it. Before studying adjectives students should know the definition of a noun recognise nouns both common and proper be able to give examples of nouns Adjectives tell us more about nouns. For example a red rose a distinguished scholar Remember this that these and those which are pronouns standing on their own are adjectives if the noun is specified. We call these possessive adjectives. For example This is tasty. pronoun But - This cake is tasty. adjective Explained clearly this is a lesson in logic. The terms limit and modify are sometimes used with adjectives but these are also applied to adverbs and it is helpful for the student to use different terms to better distinguish one from another. For young children the word describe for adjectives is preferable as they will be familiar with the word and readily understand its meaning and application. 53 54 GRAMMAR FOR EVERYONE Ezra Pound preferred poetry without adjectives. He states The true poet is easily distinguished from the false when he trusts himself to the simplest expression and writes without adjectives. And Mark Twain wrote As to the adjective when in doubt strike it out. 1 On the other hand Humpty Dumpty in Alice Through the Looking Glass proclaims that You can do anything with adjectives. But the best advice comes from William Safire Adjective salad is delicious with each element contributing its individual and unique flavour but a puree of adjective soup tastes yecchy. 2 Well-chosen adjectives are succinct and titillate the imagination while a surfeit must inevitably diminish. Words such as nice change in meaning over time and many words such as terrible fantastic and fabulous have lost their preciseness such that it is difficult to find sufficiently expressive replacements. It behoves all teachers and .

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