adjectival
adjective
relating to or used as an adjective
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adjective
an attributive adjective or a word in an attributive position comes before the noun it describes. For example in the phrase ‘a nice man’, ‘nice’ is attributive.
adjective
the comparative form of an adjective or adverb is the form that shows that someone or something has more of a quality than they previously had or more of it than someone or something else has. For example, ‘newer’ is the comparative form of the adjective ‘new’ and ‘more actively’ is the comparative form of the adverb ‘actively’.
adjective
a gradable adjective can be used with words such as ‘very’, ‘more’, or ‘less’, or have comparative and superlative forms. ‘Big’, ‘happy’, and ‘expensive’ are examples of gradable adjectives.
adjective
predicative adjectives and phrases follow a verb, for example ‘tired’ in the sentence ‘We were tired’.
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a superlative adjective or adverb is one that expresses the greatest degree of a particular quality. For example the superlative form of ‘happy’ is ‘happiest’.
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using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related
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