Modifiers to Adjectives (Adjective Phrases): Express how much or to what degree. These sentences are not technically correct, because we shouldn’t use the words “very” or “more” with absolute adjectives – but native speakers don’t always follow the rules!
This is an ever-changing situation and the inherent dangers are very great. The fact that the system cannot talk to itself is also a very great weakness.Īpplying these measures poses a very great risk to the employment of women. They were expelled from their home, and lo st a very great deal.
I do agree with you, though, that there is sti ll a very, very great deal l e ft to be done. “This shirt is more unique than that one.” You might hear expressions like these in spoken English: Here’s a list of absolute adjectives and their opposites (this list is not complete it only shows some examples): These are words that are either “yes or no.” For example, dead – you can’t be “a little bit dead” or “very dead” – either YES, you are dead, or NO, you’re not dead.
The dessert looked totally hideous but luckily it was very tasty.Īnother type of extreme adjective is called an “absolute” adjective. The food was good but the portions were absolutely tiny. This has been an utterly dreadful evening, I just want to go home. This room is disgusting! It's absolutely filthy! I've never seen so much dirt. What films do you think are utterly hilarious?. When was the last time you ate something absolutely delicious?. The words pretty and really can be used with both regular and extreme adjectives: However, there are other adverbs we can use to give additional emphasis to the extreme adjective: With extreme adjectives, we CANNOT use these adverbs: so, really, very, extremely, immensely, intensely, hugely. a little (bit), a bit, pretty, slightly, fairly, somewhat, rather, quite. Good - sense: excellent: awesome, great, outstanding, impressive, striking, remarkable, hot, bad, exceptional, top, praiseworthy, extraordinary, superb, superfine, super, sublime, august, first-class/rate, high, invaluable, skillful, sensational, terrific, marvelous, cool, sharp, all right, paramount, smashing, finest, grade/quality, world-class, magnificent, matchless, superlative, capital, unique, majestic. Bad - tragic, revolting, pathetic, outrageous. Beautiful (pretty) - gorgeous Awful - dreadful, unpleasant, disagreeable.
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