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ADJECTIVES :pencil2: - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Modify proper place nouns
        
        The ancient Egypt.
      - Modify common nouns
        
        The cowboy is his current favorite toy.
        
        He has a bad attitude.
      - Modify the name of a person (less common)
        
        The late Kurt Cobain.
        
        Little Laura Ingalls.
      - Modify personal pronouns (rare)
        
        Lucky me!
        
        Poor you!
  - - - Characterizes the nominal expression in subject position
        
        She seems quite nice really.
      - With a phrasal complement
        
        That's so nice of you.
      - With a causal complement
        
        You look good enough to return home.
    - - With complex transitive verbs and characterize the object
        
        You've got all your priorities wrong.
        
        She had it right the third time.
    - - Descriptors rather than classifiers
        
        That's right!
        
        She sounds funny when she's drunk.
    - - Used in complements to express intellectual claims
        
        It will be clear that this investigation is essential to our work.
- - - - To express physical and other qualities
        
        It's a quiet evening.
        
        Such a large apartment!
      - To express the writer's opinion or attitude
        
        I think it's an excellent choice
        
        He thinks it's a beautiful sight
      - To express origin
        
        A British actress
      - Frequency
        
        A weekly newspaper
      - Degree
        
        A complete mess
      - To express necessity
        
        An essential employee
      - Degrees of certainty
        
        The probable outcome
      - Place
        
        A contemporary city
  - - - An old man
      - Old people
      - An old woman
    - - She's so much older than me.
      - She's the *oldest in the class.
- - - - Color adjectives
        
        Red
        
        The red flag
        
        Dark
        
        She has a dark past.
      - Adjectives of size and dimension
        
        Long
        
        The Nile is one of the longest rivers.
        
        Big
        
        The spider is very big.
      - Adjectives of time
        
        New
        
        My new wardrobe.
        
        Old
        
        My dog is older than my cat.
  - - - Beautiful cannot be inflected into superlative or comparative degree.
        
        Angelina Jolie is the most beautiful woman. (not beautifullest)
      - Absolute is not gradable.
        
        The absolute minimum (cannot be less absolute or more absolute)
      - Alive is not gradable.
        
        She's alive. (not aliver)
- - - - A very large area
  - - - Most of them can go in both atributtive or predicative positions
        
        It is a lovely night. (Attributive)
        
        The night is lovely. (Predicative)
        
        Adjectives used in one position only
        
        Attributive only
        
        Main
        
        That was the main reason.
        
        Chief
        
        The chief administrator
        
        Elder
        
        The elder man on the floor.
        
        Eldest
        
        He's the eldest member of our club.
        
        Eventual
        
        The eventual disgrace
        
        Former
        
        The former member of RHCP.
        
        Indoor
        
        The indoor pool
        
        Inner
        
        My inner thigh
        
        Mere
        
        A mere child
        
        Only
        
        My only love
        
        Outdoor
        
        The outdoor adventure
        
        Outer
        
        The outer layer of my jacket
        
        Principal
        
        Our principal duty is to protect them
        
        Sheer
        
        The sheer amount of choice
        
        Sole
        
        The sole purpose
        
        Upper
        
        The upper floor
        
        Utter
        
        The utter silence
        
        Predicative only
        
        Words with the prefix "a"
        
        Asleep
        
        The children are asleep.
        
        Alike
        
        My mother and I are so alike.
        
        Afraid
        
        My boyfriend was afraid of my dad
        
        Words expressing feelings
        
        Pleased
        
        I was pleased to know that.
        
        Glad
        
        I am glad you are okay.
        
        Upset
        
        He was upset about it.
        
        Words to do with health
        
        Well
        
        She seems well.
        
        Fine
        
        I'm fine, okay?
        
        Ill
        
        My grandfather is ill.