Hi, Mariappan! Tricky questions but here we go:
First of all, we must keep in mind that adjectives describes nouns, adverbs modify verbs, adverbs and adjectives, and that grammarian usually drives us crazy. In the first sentence, THE CHILD FELL DOWN FROM A GREAT HEIGHT, great is an adjective of quantity. It describes the height. In the second sentence, HE WAS ABSENT LAST WEEK, last is an adjective. In the third sentence, MY UNCLE LIVES IN THE NEXT HOUSE, next is a simple descriptive adjective . Demonstrative adjectives are "this, that, those, these..." ok? What may be causing some confusion is that the class of numerals known as ordinals also have the function of demonstrative adjectives, like in this example: The first regular provincial newspapers appear to have been created in the last decade of the seventeenth century, and by the middle of the eighteenth century almost every important provincial town had its local organ.—Bancroft. Regards Lil On Sep 11, 1:14 pm, "mariappan balraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I have some doubts in classifying adjectives. Can someone please > clarify those? > > 1) The child fell down from a great height. > > I am thinking in above sentence "great" is "adjective of > quantity"(how much) but it is answered as "descriptive". Is it > correct? > > Because here it answers the question "how much height?" > > 2) He was absent "last" week. > > In this sentence why "last" is not an adjective? > > 3) My uncle lives in the next house. > > In this sentence "next" answers the question "which house"? So I > thought it is demonstrative adjective. But the answer is "descriptive" > why? > > Best Regards > Mariappan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
