Grammar Usage: Adjectives and Their Position Part I

PERSONALITY WORDS:

ARROGANT (adjective)

proud in an unpleasant way and self-important feeling.

Examples: 

He is proud, arrogant and have a disrespectful attitude towards everyone.

Arrogant people must not be in power and leadership.

AUDACIOUS (adjective)

showing a willingness to take risks.

Examples: 

You have an audacious plan that will involve a lot of perseverance and hard work.

The workers made an audacious claim.

Cranky (adjective)

Easily annoyed and irritable; eccentric, bizarre

Examples: 

Opening a shopping mall in a rural area sounds a cranky idea.

 

A lot of cranky talk takes place about management.

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WRONG TO CORRECT USAGE:

WRONG: The country's present crisis is economic.

CORRECT: The country's present crisis is an economic one/ The country's present crisis concerns its economy.

GRAMMAR: Adjectives which classify usually go before a noun (not after a linking verb). 'An economic crisis/policy', 'atomic energy', 'a medical certificate', 'legal advice', 'the northern hemisphere', 'a weekly visit'. 

More on this:

1. An 'adjective' is a word that tells what a person, thing, place, etc. is like.

(e.g. 'a tall woman', 'a blue pen')

2. Most one-syllable form their comparatives and superlatives with -er/-est.

(e.g. young - younger, tall - tallest)

3. Adjectives are of two main categories: 

a) determining adjectives.

b) descriptive adjectives which can be further divided into qualifying and classifying adjectives. 

 

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