Adjectives
An adjective is a word that tells us more
about a noun. (By "noun" we include pronouns and noun
phrases.) An adjective "qualifies" or "modifies" a
noun (a big dog). Adjectives can
be used before a noun (I like Chinese food)
or after certain verbs (It is hard). We
can often use two or more adjectives together (a
beautiful young French lady).
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| It is sometimes said that
the adjective is the enemy of the noun.
This is because, very often, if we use
the precise noun we don't need an adjective.
For example, instead of saying "a large,
impressive house" (2 adjectives + 1
noun) we could simply say "a mansion"
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