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GRADABLE AND UNGRADABLE ADJECTIVES - Coggle Diagram
GRADABLE AND UNGRADABLE ADJECTIVES
Gradable adjectives
Definition
Their meaning can be made weaker or stronger
They represent a point on a scale
We can make comparative and superlative forms from them
Modifiers
Modifiers to strengthen meaning
very
really
rather
extremely
so
terribly
most (formal)
pretty (informal)
highly
Modifiers to weaken meaning
a little bit (informal)
somewhat (formal)
slightly
a bit (polite)
fairly
not very (after to be)
not at all (after to be)
Peculiar modifier: quite
different meanings depending on stress and intonation
Examples
hot
warm
cold
Ungradable adjectives
Definition
Their meaning cannot be easily made weaker or stronger because it already is very extreme
They represent the limits of a scale
We cannot make comparative or superlative forms from them
Modifiers
We cannot use very
absolutely (spoken and informal)
quite (similar to completely)
Examples
boiling
freezing