LIN204H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Count Noun, Gerund, Preposition And Postposition
CHAPTER 4 REVIEW (part 1)
-"An instant reply" contains an non-gradable adjective. Non-gradable adjectives are
incompatible with the modifier "very": * "a very instant reply".
-In the phrases “the sensitive child”, “the running water”, “the single men”, “the entire
pizza”, “sensitive” is the only adjective that can be made comparative and superlative.
*more running; *more single; *more entire. Note that single and entire are non-gradable
adjectives and thus cannot be used in the comparative or superlative.
-In order to identify whether a word is an adjective or an adverb, the distinction should
always be clear if the word is in context: adjectives modify nouns, but adverbs never do.
-In the sentence "Her unusually quiet stepmother started pacing around the tiny room” ,
there are two ADJECTIVES functioning ADJECTIVALLY: “tiny” and “quiet”. "Her",
"the", "quiet", and "tiny" all modify nouns, but only "quiet" and "tiny" pass the
substitution test for adjectives. Note that "unusually" modifies "quiet", indicating how
quiet the grandmother is.
-The word “well” can be qualified (passes the test).
-In the sentence "Shareen's robot was functioning more naturally than Marcus' robot”, the
word “naturally” is is an ADVERB of MANNER used in the COMPARATIVE degree.
-In the sentence "The MC paused momentarily before announcing the winner", the word
“momentarily” is an adverb of duration.
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Document Summary
Non-gradable adjectives are incompatible with the modifier "very": * "a very instant reply". In the phrases the sensitive child , the running water , the single men , the entire pizza , sensitive is the only adjective that can be made comparative and superlative. Note that single and entire are non-gradable adjectives and thus cannot be used in the comparative or superlative. In order to identify whether a word is an adjective or an adverb, the distinction should always be clear if the word is in context: adjectives modify nouns, but adverbs never do. In the sentence "her unusually quiet stepmother started pacing around the tiny room , there are two adjectives functioning adjectivally: tiny and quiet . "the", "quiet", and "tiny" all modify nouns, but only "quiet" and "tiny" pass the substitution test for adjectives. Note that "unusually" modifies "quiet", indicating how quiet the grandmother is. The word well can be qualified (passes the test).
