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May 14, 2013

Adjectives - Shortcut Rules - Part 1

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Friends, in our English Grammar Shortcut rules series today we shall discuss the Rules of Adjectives. Before going into details lets start with the basic definition of Adjectives followed by some examples.

Basic Definition of Adjective : Simply we can say that Adjectives are describing words. Adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns.

Examples :
  • Sizes : big, small, large, thin, thick
  • Shapes : triangular, round, square, circular
  • Colors : black, blue, white, green, red
  • Personality : happy, sad, angry, depressed
  • Time : Yearly , monthly, annually
  • Ages : new, young, old, brand-new, second-hand
  • Sounds : Loud, noisy, quiet, silent
  • Tastes : juicy, sweet
  • Qualities : good, bad, mediocre
now lets have a look at the Rules on Adjectives :

Shortcut Rule 1 : In a comparision, the conjunction 'than' should be followed by 'any other' If a person / thing is compared with any other person / thing among some / many.
  • Mumbai is greater than any city in India.
  • Mumbai is greater than any other city in India. 
Shortcut Rule 2 : In comparisons, the monosyllable words like "hot / easy / tall / small" should not be used with more / most.
  • This question is more easier than that.
  • This question is easier than that.
  • He is more taller than Kumar.
  • He is taller than Kumar.
 Shortcut Rule 3 :
  • Elder / Eldest should be used with the members of the same family.
  • Older/ Oldest these comparative adjective denote the age of person / thing.
 Ex :
  • He is elder to me. (He and me belong to one family).
  • Ronald Reagan was the oldest person elected to the Presidency in US history (Not specifying a family)
  • This is the eldest tree in the garden
  • This is the oldest tree in the garden.
Shortcut Rule 4 : While comparing the objects, we should see that a noun is compared with another but not with some other word.
  • The population of Hyderabad is greater than Nagpur
  • The population of Hyderabad is greater than that of Nagpur (OR)
  • The population of Hyderabad is greater than the population of Nagpur.
  • The climate of Ooty is better than Chennai.
  • The climate of Ooty is better than that of Chennai.

20 comments:

  1. Welcome back... to the best part of Gr8AmbitionZ. Your shortcuts and way of teaching is really woderful :) We expect more posts like this from you.

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  2. Really Nice work... !! ur blog is really awesome and helpful...Am really impressed !! :) :)
    Keep it up d gud work of urs... :)

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  3. Keep it up..........good job

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  4. GIVE SOME ONLINE PRACTISE PPERS FOR PO EXAMS MANY PEOPLE R WAITING THANK YOU INDEED

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    1. Presently working on them Narasaiah.. We will try to start updating them by June's First week.

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  5. ma'am
    a/c to rule explained above in shortcut 2 - In example
    This question is more easier than that .
    Is it right or wrong?

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  6. in short cut rule 2..example 1: this question is more easier that that
    it is wrong ....pls make it correction..

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  7. i think.. since easy is a monosyllable word more should not be used..hence we say
    this question is easier than that

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  8. in rule 2 : this question is more easier than that is wrong .
    plz rectify it soon :)

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  9. Please provide some practice tests.

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