COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

Compound adjectives are generally hyphenated when they precede the noun they modify. When they follow the noun, they are two words. Those compound adjectives are the following.

blue-gray/blue gray, past-due/past due, open-minded, narrow- hearted.

Example:

- She designed a blue-gray living room set. (when there is a noun after adjective, we use hyphen)

- She designed a living room set that was blue gray. (when there is no noun after adjective, we don’t use hyphen)

NOTE: Some compound adjectives we can only use one form even there is a noun or no noun after it.

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TYPES OFADJECTIVE

POSITION OFADJECTIVE

COMPARISONOF ADJECTIVE

SENTENCES OFCOMPARISON

“ING” AND“ED” ADJECTIVE

ORDER OFADJECTIVE

COMPOUNDADJECTIVES

PREDICATEADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVESUSED WITH PREPOSITIONS

ADJECTIVES +THAT-CLAUSE OR TO-INFINTIVE