adjective• Hence, we may reasonably expect a resultative flavour when an adverbal adjective is combined with a change-of-state verb.• Every noun and adjective has 12 possibleendings.• The exclusion of associativeadjectives from predicative position is an automatic result.• It appears that there is an effectivelimit of one on the number of postnominal adjectivespermitted.• In stanza two it appears twice, and the adjective itself a third time alone.• But perhaps more important are the adjectives.• The characters of the play can all be described by two adjectives - one of which is opposite to the other.• Answer: a. Why: When creating an unusualadjective from other types of words, use a hyphen.
Originadjective
(1300-1400)Old Frenchadjectif, from Latinadjectus, past participle of adjicere, from ad-“to” + jacere“to throw”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ADJECTIVE | ADJECTIVE + VERBADJECTIVE➤attributive, predicative定語/表語形容詞◇Attributive adjectives precede the noun.定語形容詞位於名詞前。➤comparative, superlative比較級的/最高級的形容詞▸➤gradable, non-gradable級別性/非級別性形容詞▸➤possessive所有格形容詞◇'My' is a possessive adjective.my 是個所有格形容詞。VERB + ADJECTIVE➤apply使用形容詞◇'Enterprising' is not an adjective you would apply to him!enterprising (有事業心的)這個詞用在他身上不合適!ADJECTIVE + VERB➤describe形容詞描述⋯◇adjectives describing texture描述質地的形容詞➤modify, qualify形容詞修飾⋯◇Adjectives qualify nouns.形容詞修飾名詞。➤follow形容詞位於⋯之後◇Predicative adjectives follow the noun.表語形容詞跟在名詞後面。➤precede形容詞位於⋯之前