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Adjectives: an introduction

By Susan12 October 2020Parts of Speech – AdjectivesAdjectives, Attributive adjectives, copulative verbs, gerundives, Gerunds, linking verbs, Nouns, Participles, predicative adjectives, Pronouns, Verbs

Adjectives have a simple use: they describe nouns, and also pronouns and other adjectives. A simple definition is that adjectives are ‘describing words’. If we think of nouns as containers of meaning, adjectives help to give extra definition to our meaning. We can talk about a container, for example, or a yellow container or a

How do I know where to put hyphens?

The simple answer (for words that are always hyphenated) is to check in a dictionary: if a word is always hyphenated, it will be listed. If the word you are looking for isn’t there (for instance, game-plan), the odds are in favour of it in fact being two separate words (game plan). There is another

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Adjectives: an introduction

How do I know where to put hyphens?