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b

good

bad

many, much little

far

old

§ 3. Spelling rules.

etter (the) best

worse (the) worst

more (the) most

less (the) least ( farther , j farthest

\ further t j furthest J older / oldest

\ elder ^ 1C' ( eldest

  1. If the adjective ends in a consonant preceded by a stressed short vowel the consonant is doubled before -er, -est.

sad sadder (the) saddest

big bigger (the) biggest

  1. If the adjective ends in -y preceded by a consonant, y is changed into i before -er and -est.

busy busier (the) busiest

happy happier (the) happiest

  1. If the adjective ends in -e the e is dropped before -er and -est.

brave braver (the) bravest

fine finer (the) finest

§ 4. The adjective has the following syntactical characteristics:

In a sentence the adjective may be used as an attribute or as a predicative.

A little fat chap thrust out his underlip and the tall fellow frowned. (Mansfield) (attributes)

Laura was terribly nervous. (Mansfield) (predicative)

The air was motionless... (Mansfield) (predicative)

§ 5. Morphological composition of the adjective.

Adjectives are divided into simple, derivative and compound.

  1. Simple adjectives are adjectives which have neither prefixes nor suffixes. They are indecomposable: e. g. good, red, black.

  2. Derivative adjectives are adjectives which have derivative

111111cuts, suffixes or prefixes or both: beautiful, foolish, hopeless,

unkind, unimportant.

Productive adjective-forming suffixes are: v

less: friendless, harmless, hopeless

like: childlike

«tsh: childish, foolish

cd (-d): beaded, blue-eyed

Unproductive suffixes are:

-ful: careful -ible: responsible -able: reliable -ant: important -ent: dependent -en: woollen -ous: dangerous -some: troublesome

Productive adjective-forming prefixes are:

uti-: unhappy pre-: prewar

The unproductive prefix of the adjective is: in-: incorrect

  1. Compound adjectives are adjectives built from two or more stems.

The main types of compound adjectives are as follows:

  1. noun-stem + adjective-stem: snow-white.

  2. noun-stem-f participle-stem: life-giving, smoke-dried.

  3. adjective-stem-f- adjective-stem: deaf-mute.

  4. adjective-stem + noun-stern + suffix -ed: cold-hearted.

  5. noun-stem-}-noun-stern-{-suffix -ed: lynx-eyed.

  6. numeral-stem +noun-stem-f suffix -ed: four-wheeled.

  7. adverb-stem + noun-stem-t-suffix -ed: over-peopled.

§ 6. Classification of adjectives.

According to their meaning and rumati&p^ characterises adjectives fall under two classes: (l)'ql^itaiiveaa]ectives, (2) reta-**' tive adjectives.

  1. Qualitative adjectives denote qualities of a substance directly, not through its relation to another substance, as size, shape, colour, physical and mental qualities, qualities of general estimation: little, large, high, soft, hard, warm, white, blue, pink, strong, bold, beau­tiful, important, necessary, etc.

  2. Relative adjectives denote qualities of a substance through their relation to materials (silken, woollen, wooden), to place (Italian, Asian), to time (monthly, weekly), to some action (pre­paratory, rotatory).