Gradable and non-gradable
Posted by HCD on March 17, 2003
In Reply to: Gradable and non-gradable posted by ESC on March 17, 2003
: : : I'd
like to know how to discover when a adjective or adverb is gradable or non-gradable,
without having to know a large list by heart. Can anybody help me?
: : : Thanks.
: : I don't understand the question. Do you mean gradable as in degrees -- "pretty, prettier, prettiest"? Or non-gradable meaning an absolute --"unique"? Something is unique or it's not.
: Here's what I found:
: "Adjectives can be divided into gradable and non-gradable (or classifying) adjectives. Gradable adjectives can be compared (happy-happier-happiest, good-better-best, beautiful-more beautiful-most beautiful) and modified with the intensifying word very. Non-gradable adjectives do not have comparative or superlative forms nor are they intensified: a financial plan, an electric train, semantic criteria." www.helsinki.fi/~mpalande/adjectives.html
:
Another good site is:
: www.grammarstation.com/
SpelltheAdjectives.html
:
Look! For an English native the gradability can possibly be considered easy,
but not for other origin peoples, for instance the Latins's origin.
To realize
how difficult it is, take a glance at the site about gradable and ungradable adjecitves
modifiers on the site:www.edict.com.hk/funcgrammar/NonGradable/Participles.htm.
Thanks,
HCD
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