Agreement
Agreement
Adjectives in English have only one form, which is used with
singular and plural, masculine and feminine nouns :
e. g.
a strong man a strong woman
strong men strong women
The only exceptions are the demonstrative adjectives this and that , which change to these and those respectively before plural nouns.
e. g.
this house that woman
these houses those women
Position
Adjectives in English usually come before their nouns. This is called the "attributive" use of the adjective .
e. g.
a beautiful view
and old man
a valuable present
a pretty woman
When there are two or more adjectives before a noun they are not usually separated by and except when the last two are adjectives of co lour :
e. g.
the big bad wolf.
a tall dark person .
two white balls .
a blue and black tie .
a little black and white kitten .
Order of Adjectives before a Noun :
After the determiner(s) , if any , adjectives will normally come in the following order starting from the left in writing :
1. Quantitative Adjectives (cf 1 above)
2. Epithets , i.e., adjectives that describe or express some characteristics of the thing referred to by the following noun .
e. g.
tall, handsome, brave
3. Adjectives indicating comparative age.
e. g.
young, old.
4. Adjectives indicating nationality . place of origin or situation .
e. g.
Iraqi; French; Baghdadi
a. I met three young British tourists in the Copper Market.
b. Five brave Iraqi soldiers destroyed a whole enemy unit.
c. He has bought a small new Italian car.
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