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Explanations: 1. I want to explain about these examples. No. 1 in this sentence, new is an adjective and secretary is a noun. We put the new that is in front of noun, and then, secretary that we put it behind of adjective, that kind of position we call attributive position.
2. In No.2 elder is an adjective and sister is a noun. Elder we put it in front of noun, and sister we put it behind of adjective. This is attributive position.
3. Every color we can adjective. Therefore, green is an adjective, and phone is a noun. And also we can say this is attributive position.
Adjective use only after verbs These verbs must be links verb. That kind of structure we call predicative adjective. Here are some examples about predicative adjective.
2. Anne seems not happy today. Link verb adjective 3. I dont like red color. Like is a link verb, red is an adjective.
Explanations: If links verb is in front of adjective, at that time, we can say that is predicative position.
Interruptions: The objective ill and well are most common after verb. Before nouns, many people prefer other words. Compare: He is very well. Nurses take care of sick people. You look ill.
Verb +objective + adjective Another position for adjectives is after the object, Ill get the car ready. Verb object adjective Do I make you happy? verb objective adjective
Available, possible etc, (able and ble) ending sentences Some adjective can be used after nouns like relative clauses. Send all the tickets available. Noun adjective (Or) (Or) send all the available tickets. adjective noun
Before a noun, present refers to time: after a noun, its means here/ there not absent. The present member (=those who are members now) The member present (=those who are /were at meeting now) Before a noun, proper means real, genuine. After a noun, proper means central, main part of something. Sonwdons a proper mountain, not a hill. After two days crossing the foothills, they reached the mountain proper. Expressions of measurement Adjective usually follow measurement mouns. Two metres high ten years olders two miles long
Adjective with complements When an adjective gas its own complement (e.g. skilled in design),the whole expression normally comes after a noun. We are looking for people skilled in design (not.skilled in design people) Here is a relative form. We are looking for people who are skilled in design. In some cases an adjective can be put before a noun and its complement after it. This happens with defferent, similar, the same, next, last, first, second, etc; A different life from this one The next house to the Royal Hotel Something, everything etc Adjective is also come after something, everything, anything, nothing, somebody, anywhere, and similar words. Have you read anything interesting lately? Lets go somewhere quite. the second train from this plaform the best mother in the world
The structure is not possible without a/an/. I like your country it is so beautiful. (Not I like your so beautiful country) Those girls are too kind to refuse. (Not they are too kind girls to refuse)
Here are some examples: 1. I love that really old big green antique car that always parked at the end of the street. (Quality-age size-color-proper adjective) 2. My sister has a big, beautiful, tan and white, bulldog. (Size-quality-color-color) 3. A wonderful Old Italian clock. (Opinion-color-material)
4. A big square blue box. (Dimension-shape-colour) 5. A disgusting pink plastic ornament. (Opinion-color-material) 6. Some slin new french trousers. (Dimension-age-origin) 7. A wonderful old Italian clock. (Opinion-age-origin)
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First next and last most often go before adjectives one, two, three etc. The first three days (most common than the three first days) The last two jobs. Noun modifiers after adjectives. Note that noun modifiers (which often classify, or refer to materials) usually follow adjectives. A big new car factory. Enormous black iron gates.
Commas Before noun, we generally use commas between adjectives (especially in longer sequences) which gives similar kind of information, for examples in physical descriptions. A lovely, long, cold, refreshing drink An expensive, ill-planned, wasteful project But commas cam be dropped before short common adjectives. A tall (,) dark (,) handsome cowboy
After a verb When adjectives come in predicative position (after, be, seem and similar verb), we usually put and before the last one. He was tall, dark and handsome. Yourre like a winters days: short, dark and dirty. In a very literary style, and is sometimes left out. My soul is exotic, mysterious, imcomprehebsible. Before a noun In attributive position (before a noun), and is less common. An angry young man. (Not angary and young man) A big beautiful gardend. However, and is possible when the adjectives give similar kind of information, especially when we are pulling up favourable or unfavourable descriptions. A cruel (and) vicious tyrant a warm (and) generous personality An ill-planned, expensive (and) wasteful project. And is nessary when two or more adjectives (or othermodifiers) refer to different parts of something, or different types of thing A yellow and black sports car A concrete and glass factory Hot and cold drinks (= hot drinks and cold drinks) We also use and when we say that something belongs to two or more different classes. Its a social and political problem. Nice and . In an informal style, the expression nice and is often used before another adjective or an adverb. It means something like pleasantly or suitably. Its nice and warm in front of the fire. (= pleasantly warm) Shes a musical and artistic genius.
The work was nice and easy. Now just put your gun down nice and slow.
The meaning is usually general; occasionally a limited group is referred to. After the accident, the injured were taken to hospital. These expressions are normally plural: the dead means all dead people or the dead people.but not the dead person. Note that these expressions cannot be used with a possessives. The problems of the poor OR poor peoples problems (not the poors problem) Adjectives are normally only used in this way with the or a determiner like many or more. This government doesnt care about the poor. (Not about poor.) There are more unemployed than ever before. However, adjectives without the are sometimes used in paired structures with bothand Opportunities for both rich and poor
Adjectives of nationality A few adjectives of nationlity ending in sh or ch are used after the without nouns. They includeIrish, Welsh, English, British, Spanish, Dutch, French. The Irish are very proud of their sense of humour. These expressions are plural; singular equivalents are for example. An Irishwoman, a Welshman (not a Welsh) Where noun exist, thhese are preferred to expressions with the. . Ish: We say the Danes or the Durks (not the Danish OR the Turkish). Singular examples In a few formal fixed phrases, the + adjective can have a singular meaning These include the accused, the undersigned, the deceased, the former and the latter. The accused was released on bail. Mr Gray and Mrs Cook; the latter is a well-known desginer.
Abstract ideas Adjectives are sometimes used after the to refer to general abstract ideas, the unreal) these expressions are singular. Shes interested in the supernatural. Choices We sometimes leave out a noun that has already been mentioned, or which does not need to be mentioned, when thinking about a choice between two or more defferent kind of thing. Have you got any bread? _ Do you want white or brown? I like two large packets and one small. Color adjectives can cometimes have a plural s in this situation. Wash the red and blue seperately (=red and blue clothes)
Superlatives Nouns are often left out after superlative adjectives. I am the tallest in my family. We bought the cheapest.
Some can be following by infinitives You dont look happy to see me. The soup is ready to eat.
An affinitive may have it own subject, introduced by for Im anxious for her to get a good education.
(I am anxious that she should get. . . . . .) Some adjectives can be followed by clauses Im glad that you were able to come. (That you were able to come this is a clause) That clause is emphasis to glad. Its important that everybody should feel comfortable. This is a clause that is emphasis to important. And many adjective can have more than one kind of complement. Im pleased about her promotion. Im pleased that we seem to agree. Modifier to pleased we rarely put adjective + complement before a noun. Hes a difficult person to understand. (Not he is a difficult to understand person. Im pleased to see you here.