grammar class

ADJECTIVE

ADJECTIVE
 Is a modifier that has the grammatical property of comparison.
 Its most usual position is before the noun it modifies. But it fills other positions as well.

TYPE OF ADJECTIVE:
A. DEETRMINERS
B. DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE

A. DETERMINERS
 Determiners consist of a small group of structure words without characteristic form.
1. Articles: the, a, an
2. Demontrative adjectives: this, plural these
  that, plural those
3. Possessive adjectives:
 a. From pronoun: my, your, one’s, etc.
 b. From noun: John’s, the girl’s, etc.
4. Numeral adjectives
 a. Cardinal : four, twenty-five, one hundred, etc.
 b. Ordinal: fourth, twenty fifth, one hundredth,etc.
5. Adjectives of indenfinite quantity: some, few, all, more, etc
6. Relative and interrogative adjectives: whose, what, which.

NOTE:
All of these determiners except the articles and the possessive adjectives of the personal pronouns may function as pronouns when not followed by nouns. Personal pronouns have separate forms for the possessive used without a noun. 
e.g., my book
  adj
  the book is mine.
  pronoun

B. DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE:
 It usually indicates an inherent quality (beautiful, intelligent), or a physical state such as age, size, color. 
 Inflectional and derivational endings can be added only to this type of adjective.
 Some descriptive adjectives take the form of:
1. Proper adjectives: a catholic church, a French dish.
2. Participial adjectives:
 a. Present participle: an interseting book, a disappointing experience.
 b. Past participle: a bored student, a spoiled child.

 by ahmad syukur