Adjectives are words that qualify or limit the meaning of nouns or pronouns by adding distinct
descriptions about them. In describing nouns or pronouns, adjectives are likely to answer the following
questions: What kind of...?; Which one of...?; and How many of...? Consider the two sentences below:

          Tall people experience a bit of difficulty getting through small doors.

          The red Honda is the car I recently purchased.

          (In the first sentence, the adjectives Tall and small describe the nouns people and door respectively: Tall answers the question, “What kind of people...?”; and small answers the question, “What kind of door...?” In the second sentence, the adjective red gives a distinct description about a particular Honda: red answers the question “Which one of the cars...?”)

     Adjectives can be common or proper. Common adjectives are created from common nouns and are
not capitalized – unless they begin a sentence. Proper adjectives are created from proper nouns and
are capitalized. Examples of proper adjectives in use:

          Libyan doctor
          Renaissance era
          Lutheran followers

     Most adjectives come in three (comparison) forms called the positive, the comparative, and the
superlative. The positive form adjective describes a noun or a pronoun without making comparisons:

          Here is the wonderful art studio.

          “That is one quick runner,” noted the journalist.


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