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martes, 21 de agosto de 2012

Qualifying adjectives

Very and Absolutely
You can qualify adjectives by using words like very and absolutely. Most adjectives can follow very. These are called gradable adjectives. Some adjectives can't follow very. You can use absolutely with these ungradable adjectives.

very+gradable adjectives: bad, big, good, important, interesting, nice, poor, rich, small.
absolutely+ungradable adjectives: enormous, extraordinary, fantastic, huge, perfect, terrible, tiny, vital, wonderful.

Quite
Quite has got two very different meanings. When you use it before gradable adjectives its meaning is similar to a bit. When you use it before ungradable adjectives its meaning is similar to absolutely.

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