The word more here modifies the adjective polite to indicate a comparison is being made (a comparative), and most modifies the adjective to indicate an absolute comparison (a superlative). For example, a person may be polite, but another person may be more polite, and a third person may be the most polite of the three. (All of these adjectives follow linking verbs.) Summer is too hot and muggy to be enjoyable. My roommate, on the other hand, thinks that summer is the best season.Of the four seasons, fall is my favorite I love the red leaves, the cool weather, and the brisk wind.The adjectives have been bolded in the sentences below: When you say “Seven is my lucky number,” seven is a noun, but when you say “There are seven cats in this painting,” seven is an adjective because it is modifying the noun cats. Numbers can also be adjectives in some cases. In the following examples, adjectives are still bold, while the linking verb is in italics this time (the sun is yellow): In these instances, adjectives can modify pronouns as well. The steel pipes contain a protective sacrificial anode and are surrounded by packing material.Īdjectives can also follow a linking verb.The generator is used to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.In the following examples, adjectives are in bold, while the nouns they modify are in italics (the big bear): This can be anything from color to size to temperature to personality. Adjectives usually occur just before the nouns they modify. An adjective modifies a noun that is, it provides more detail about a noun.
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