Absolute & extreme adjectives .

Gramática

According to some grammarians "People confuse logic and grammar. Nevertheless, some grammarians insist that certain adjectives,usually called " absolute or extreme adjectives can never be modified." In other others,there are adjectives which are not gradable ones..They should not be preceeded by words such as : rather, very or in their comparative or superlative forms either.

 

You have probably seen several lists of absolute adjectives "which admit no variation of state ",haven't you ? Take a look at the ones below.

 

Click also on the http://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/very-unique-and-absolute-adjectives to get more information about these absolute adjectives.Did you know that " unique " and "very unique " have different meanings and it is not wrong to say  "very unique " ? Why should foreign learners be careful while using these absolute adjective " unique " ?

 

 

 

Encontre o professor particular perfeito

Tutoria com Inteligência Artificial

Tecnologia do ChatGPT. Use texto, áudio, fotos, imagens e arquivos.

Artigos similares