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      • Adjectives
        • Comparison
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  • Adjectives
    • Adjectives

      Adjectives are words that modify or describe a noun. Most adjectives do not change whether the noun described is singular or plural.

      The parade had one red car. The parade had many red cars.

      Demonstrative adjectives (this, that, these, those) are different in singular and plural.

      This red car is pretty. Those red cars are pretty.

    • Comparison
      • as… as…

        Two things that are equal in some way can be compared using the construction as… as… (“She is as tall as her mother”), or, to show inequality, not as… as… The construction so… as… can also be used, although this construction is a little less formal, and is used more often to show inequality (not so… as…).

        Runic artefacts from the Middle Ages are plentiful, indicating that their use did not decline as greatly as Imer suggests.

    • Demonstrative
      • Anonymous Artefacts and Revealing Runes, ch. 1
      • Anonymous Artefacts and Revealing Runes, ch. 3
      • Filtering Algorithms for Discrete Cumulative Resources, Abstract
      • Filtering Algorithms for Discrete Cumulative Resources, ch. 2-3
      • Game Save Incorporation in Game Design, Abstract
      • Game Save Incorporation in Game Design, ch. 4
      • Game Save Incorporation in Game Design, ch. 5
      • Identifying the Effects of Low Emission Zones, ch. 7
      • Identifying the Effects of Low Emission Zones, ch. 8-9
      • Laundry Machine Booking System, ch. 1
      • Laundry Machine Booking System, ch. 2
      • Laundry Machine Booking System, ch. 3
      • Local Man Loses Pants, Life. Abstract
      • Local Man Loses Pants, Life. Ch. 3
      • Local Man Loses Pants, Life. Ch. 4
      • Local Man Loses Pants, Life. Ch. 5
      • Predicting Aviation Hazards During Convective Events, ch. 3
      • Predicting Aviation Hazards During Convective Events, ch. 4
      • The Distribution of Human Capital in Sweden, ch. 2
      • The Distribution of Human Capital in Sweden, ch. 3
      • The Distribution of Human Capital in Sweden, ch. 4
      • The Distribution of Human Capital in Sweden, ch. 5
      • Demonstrative adjectives

        The demonstrative adjectives are this, that, these, and those, and they are used to emphasize exactly which thing is being referred to. (These words can also be used as pronouns.)

        This study will use non-monumental artefacts that bear runic inscriptions. These inscriptions do not necessarily follow the same formulas as displayed on rune stones.

        Further research showed those earlier conclusions to be misleading.

    • Difference between adjectives and adverbs
      • Predicting Aviation Hazards During Convective Events, ch. 2
      • Predicting Aviation Hazards During Convective Events, ch. 4
      • The difference between adjectives and adverbs

        Adjectives describe nouns, while adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Most adverbs have the ending -ly.

        Example of an adjective describing a noun:

        Sara sang a beautiful song. (song = noun)

        Example of an adverb describing a verb:

        Sara sang beautifully. (sang = verb)

        Example of an adverb describing an adjective:

        Simulation 3 used a differently shaped pole shoe. (shaped = adjective)

         

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