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like most biggest or worser are nonstandard (although lesser is sometimes permitted as a variant of less). A few adjectives have no comparative but a superlative with -most: uppermost, westernmost, etc. We have investigated that some adjectives have suppletive forms in their comparison, such as good, better, best. Comparative and superlative forms apply only to the base form of the adjective, so that duplicate forms like most biggest or worser are nonstandard (although lesser is sometimes permitted as a variant of less).
An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies. In the following examples, the highlighted words are adjectives:
The truck-shaped balloon floated over the treetops. Mrs. Morrison papered her kitchen walls with hideous wallpaper. The small boat foundered on the wine dark sea. The coalmines are dark and dank. Many stores have already begun to play irritating Christmas music. A battered music box sat on the mahogany sideboard. The back room was filled with large, yellow rain boots. An adjective can be modified by an adverb, or by a phrase or clause functioning as an adverb. In the sentence My husband knits intricately patterned mittens. For example, the adverb ``intricately modifies the adjective ``patterned. Some nouns, many pronouns, and many participle phrases can also act as adjectives. In the sentence Eleanor listened to the muffled sounds of the radio hidden under her pillow. for example, both highlighted adjectives are past participles.
Grammarians also consider articles (``the, ``a, ``an) to be adjectives.
We chose and investigated adjectives with all its parts and types, also with its degrees and positions in the sentences.
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Synonymous arrays
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divine
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scant
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enraged
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sacred
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bare
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furious
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religious
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sparse
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annoyed
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rash
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holy
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deficient
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angry
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unexpected
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scant
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furious
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annoyed
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unexpected
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hurried
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silent
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stupid
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glad
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fast
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quiet
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dense
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happy
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quick
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peaceful
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thick
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cheerful
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speedy
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foolish
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merry
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merry
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foolish
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quick
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glad
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happy
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Appendix
LITERATURE
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Wiese, Heike (2003). Numbers, language, and the human mind. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-83182-2.
http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/adjectve.html
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