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Modifiying adjectives and comparions
- 1. LOGICAL ORDER fairly coldfairly coldfairly coldfairly cold quite/rather coldquite/rather coldquite/rather coldquite/rather cold coldcoldcoldcold very coldvery coldvery coldvery coldvery coldvery coldvery coldvery cold extremely coldextremely coldextremely coldextremely cold FREEZINGFREEZINGFREEZINGFREEZING (non-gradable adjective)
- 3. QUITE Consider the following two sentences: She was quitequitequitequite tired DowntonerDowntonerDowntonerDowntoner She was quitequitequitequite exhausted AbsolutenessAbsolutenessAbsolutenessAbsoluteness
- 4. CAN WE INTENSIFY UNGRADABLE ADJECTIVES? Yes. It can be done with intensifiers implying absoluteness absolutely, completely, totally, utterlyabsolutely, completely, totally, utterlyabsolutely, completely, totally, utterlyabsolutely, completely, totally, utterly I was utterlyutterlyutterlyutterly terrified when he told me II was utterlyutterlyutterlyutterly terrified when he told me I would lose my house. This animal is completelycompletelycompletelycompletely dead.
- 5. MODIFYING COMPARISONS: A BIG DIFFERENCE much, a lot, farmuch, a lot, farmuch, a lot, farmuch, a lot, far London is much more expensivemuch more expensivemuch more expensivemuch more expensive than Rome She is a lot richera lot richera lot richera lot richer than me Your essay is far betteris far betteris far betteris far better than mine
- 6. MODIFYING COMPARISONS: A SMALL DIFFERENCE Slightly, a little, a bit, not muchSlightly, a little, a bit, not muchSlightly, a little, a bit, not muchSlightly, a little, a bit, not much Your mark was slightly betterslightly betterslightly betterslightly better than Peters This jumper is a little more expensivea little more expensivea little more expensivea little more expensive than the red one. My ticket was not much easiernot much easiernot much easiernot much easier to get than yours.
- 7. MODIFYING COMPARISONS: NO DIFFERENCE Exactly, more or less, roughlyExactly, more or less, roughlyExactly, more or less, roughlyExactly, more or less, roughly He is exactly the sameexactly the sameexactly the sameexactly the same age as me The amount of water needed for this recipe is roughly the sameroughly the sameroughly the sameroughly the same
- 8. MODIFIYING COMPARISONS: INCREASING TheTheTheThe harderharderharderharder you tryyou tryyou tryyou try to go up the ladder, thethethethe betterbetterbetterbetter for your career. The earlierThe earlierThe earlierThe earlier you arrive, the cheaperthe cheaperthe cheaperthe cheaper tickets are.