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  2. English adjectives - Wikipedia

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    Most adjectives function as complements in verb phrases (e.g., It looks good), and some license complements of their own (e.g., happy that you're here). [ 5 ] The syntax of adjectives and adjective phrases

  3. List of adjectivals and demonyms of astronomical bodies

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    The adjectival forms of the names of astronomical bodies are not always easily predictable. Attested adjectival forms of the larger bodies are listed below, along with the two small Martian moons; in some cases they are accompanied by their demonymic equivalents, which denote hypothetical inhabitants of these bodies.

  4. Lists of English words - Wikipedia

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  5. Adjective - Wikipedia

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    An adjective (abbreviated adj.) is a word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase.Its semantic role is to change information given by the noun. Traditionally, adjectives are considered one of the main parts of speech of the English language, although historically they were classed together with nouns. [1]

  6. Postpositive adjective - Wikipedia

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    Certain individual adjectives, or words of adjectival type, are typically placed after the noun. Their use is not limited to particular noun(s). Those beginning a before an old substantive word can be equally seen as adverbial modifiers (or nouns/pronouns), intuitively expected to be later (see below). à gogo — as in "fun and games à gogo"

  7. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    The adjectives good and bad have the irregular forms better, best and worse, worst; also far becomes farther, farthest or further, furthest. The adjective old (for which the regular older and oldest are usual) also has the irregular forms elder and eldest, these generally being restricted to use in comparing siblings and in certain independent ...

  8. Comparison (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    Bha mi na b' àirde na mo pheathraichean. → I was taller than my sisters. B' e mi a b' àirde. → I was the tallest. Welsh is similar to English in many respects. The ending -af is added onto regular adjectives in a similar manner to the English -est, and with (most) long words mwyaf precedes it, as in the English most. Also, many of the ...

  9. List of acronyms: B - Wikipedia

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    This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter B. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars