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| Special Types of Adjectives: There are four kinds of special adjectives - Demonstrative, Compound, Indefinite and Predicate. |
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Special Types of English Adjectives- Usage Examples
| Demonstrative Adjectives - |
point out a particular noun. If a noun does not follow the word then it is a pronoun and not an adjective. This/these pointout local items. That/those point out remote items.
This dog is smart, but that dog is even smarter. |
| Compound Adjectives - |
is made up of two or more words (or hyphenated).
The petals of these quick-frozen flowers are hard. |
| Indefinite Adjectives - |
provides approximate information. It does not tell exactly how many or how much.
Some cats are bigger than dogs. |
| Predicate Adjectives - |
follows a linking verb and describes the subject.
Dinosaurs were once abundant, but now they are extinct. |
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