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Adjectives: Degrees, Order and Usage

Learn descriptive, quantitative, demonstrative and comparative adjective patterns.

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1. Types

Quality: good. Quantity: some. Number: three. Demonstrative: this. Possessive: my. Interrogative: which. Distributive: each/every.

2. Degrees

Positive: tall; comparative: taller; superlative: tallest. Avoid double comparison such as “more better”.

3. Comparison Rules

Use than with comparative forms. Use the with a superlative in ordinary usage: the best student.

4. Order of Adjectives

A useful order is opinion → size → age → shape → colour → origin → material → purpose → noun.

5. Common Traps

Senior/junior/superior/inferior are normally followed by to, not than.

Memory Tricks & Quick Recall

Adjective order: OSASCOMP = Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose. Comparatives → THAN; senior/superior → TO.
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