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              Substantivized Adjectives   Some Adjectives can be turned into nouns and used as nouns. They are called Substantivized Adjectives.   Substantivized adjectives , also known as nominalized adjectives .   They are adjectives that have been turned into nouns by adding   suffixes such as: -ness, -ity, or -ism.   This changes the part of speech of the word from an adjective to a noun.   Some examples of substantivized adjectives :   Happiness (from the adjective happy ) Equality (from the adjective equal ) Politeness (from the adjective polite ) Patriotism (from the adjective patriotic ) Optimism (from the adjective optimistic ) Modernity (from the adjective modern )   In terms of grammar, substantivized adjectives can be used in a variety of ways.   They can function as: the subject of a sentence , the object of a verb, the object of a preposition .   ...

Usage of: than, as….as, not so…as, by far or far and  of  with Degrees of Comparison         The conjunction than:     The conjunction than is used for forming the degree of comparison adjectives and shape the quality between objects in comparison:   This book is more interesting than that one.   The Adjectives of Latin origin: superior (the best) inferior (the worst) don’t use than to express comparison.     The words much and far:     The words much and far are used before adjectives while forming the comparative degree :   The Amazon is much longer than the Neva.   This film is far better than that we saw yesterday.     Much more is used with uncountable nouns , many more is used with countable nouns:   He has much more free time than I. I have many more books than he. The preposition of:     The preposition of is used with the superlative degree :  ...

The Rules of Orthography   Here are the general rules of orthography for forming the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives with er and est endings:   For One-syllable adjectives:   For most one-syllable adjectives, add – er for the comparative and – est for the superlative:   For example : hot, hotter, hottest.   For one-syllable adjectives ending in a single consonant with a vowel before it, double the final consonant before adding – er or – es: . For example : big, bigger, biggest.   For one-syllable adjectives ending in y , change the y to i before adding – er or – est:   For example : happy, happier, happiest.   For Two- syllable adjectives:   For two-syllable adjectives ending in -y , change the y to i and add – er or – est:   For example : pretty, prettier, prettiest.   For two-syllable adjectives ending in -er, -le, or -ow, add – er or- est without any changes:   For example : narrow, ...

Degrees of Comparison Adjectives form three degrees of comparison to compare the qualities of the objects. There is no comparison when Adjectives are in the positive degree. It is the main form of Adjectives and they do not have special ending in this degree.   The Comparative degree of Adjectives is used to compare two objects and show the difference their qualities.   The Superlative degree of Adjectives is mainly used to describe the quality of the object to compare it to two or more objects to the highest or lowest degree:   The Nile is a long river ( the positive degree ). The Nile is longer than The Volga ( the comparative degree ). The Nile is the longest river in the world ( the superlative degree ).   The Comparative degree is formed by adding er ending, the Superlative degree by est ending to simple, one and two syllable Adjectives in the Positive degree:                           ...

The English Adjective The Adjective is a part of speech that describes noun’s qualities: color, size, taste, appearance, age, forms, material, shape and answer to a question what? (what kind of) red, good, young, strong, smart, interesting.   Adjectives do not have gender, number and case : an old woman, an old man, two young men, three little kids.   Adjectives change in a form showing comparison: small                   smaller                  smallest     Adjectives are divided into: simple, derivative and compound.   Simple Adjectives: do not have suffixes and prefixes :  big, short, red, black, young   Derivative Adjectives: are formed by adding suffixes or prefixes , and sometimes the both of them at the same time: correct         ...