Gradability and grade
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What are gradable adjectives and how can they be modified?
- Adverbs of degree (e.g., very good, quite hot)
- Inflection for grade (e.g., comparative and superlative forms)
How do gradable adjectives inflect for comparative and superlative degree?
- Adding -er for comparative (e.g., hotter, younger)
- Adding -est for superlative (e.g., hottest, youngest)
- Some use more and most (e.g., more intelligent).
What are non-gradable adjectives and how do they differ from gradable?
- Alphabetical order
- The chief difficulty
- Third place.
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Can some adjectives be both gradable and non-gradable? Give an example.
- Open is non-gradable in "The door is open."
- Open is gradable in "You should be more open with us."
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