{"id":73641,"date":"2020-04-02T06:31:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T06:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73641"},"modified":"2020-04-02T06:34:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T06:34:24","slug":"common-mistakes-in-the-use-of-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/common-mistakes-in-the-use-of-adjectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Mistakes In The Use Of Adjectives"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this lesson we will take a look at some of the most common errors in the use of\u00a0adjectives.<\/a><\/p>\n

Incorrect:\u00a0These all\u00a0<\/b>mangoes are rotten.
\nCorrect:\u00a0All these\u00a0<\/b>mangoes are rotten.
\nCorrect:\u00a0All of these<\/b>\u00a0mangoes are rotten.<\/p>\n

Articles\u00a0(a\/an, the),\u00a0possessives\u00a0(my, your etc) and\u00a0demonstratives\u00a0(that, these, this and those) are called Group A\u00a0determiners. Quantifiers like\u00a0all, some, both<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0half<\/b>\u00a0are called Group B determiners. A Group A determiner cannot be used directly before a Group B determiner.<\/p>\n

If we have to put a group B determiner before a group A determiner, we have to use\u00a0of<\/b>. Note that\u00a0of\u00a0<\/b>can be left out after\u00a0all,\u00a0both\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0half<\/b>\u00a0when they are followed by nouns.<\/p>\n

Incorrect: The woman held the baby in\u00a0the both hands.<\/b>
\nCorrect: The woman held the baby in\u00a0both hands<\/b>.
\nCorrect: The woman held the baby in\u00a0both her hands<\/b>.<\/p>\n

We do not use\u00a0the\u00a0<\/b>before\u00a0both<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Incorrect: They have\u00a0no any\u00a0<\/b>children.
\nCorrect: They have\u00a0no children<\/b>.
\nCorrect: They\u00a0don\u2019t<\/b>\u00a0have\u00a0any children<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Avoid the use of\u00a0double negatives<\/b>. Note that when\u00a0have\u00a0<\/b>is the main verb in a sentence, questions and negatives are made with\u00a0do.<\/b><\/p>\n

Incorrect: Shakespeare is greater than\u00a0any other poets<\/b>.
\nCorrect: Shakespeare is greater than\u00a0any other poet<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Incorrect: Gold is more precious than\u00a0any other metals<\/b>.
\nCorrect: Gold is more precious than\u00a0any other metal<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Incorrect: Alice is taller than\u00a0any other girls<\/b>\u00a0in the class.
\nCorrect: Alice is taller than\u00a0any other girl\u00a0<\/b>in the class.<\/p>\n

Note that in this structure a singular noun should be used after\u00a0any other<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Incorrect: Open your book at\u00a0six page<\/b>.
\nCorrect: Open your book at\u00a0page six<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Incorrect: He is in\u00a0class ninth.<\/b>
\nCorrect: He is in\u00a0class nine<\/b>.
\nCorrect: He is in the\u00a0ninth class<\/b>.<\/p>\n

After a noun we usually use a\u00a0cardinal number\u00a0(e.g. one, two, three, ten etc.) instead of an\u00a0ordinal number. Before a noun we use an ordinal number (e.g. first, second, fifth, tenth etc.)<\/p>\n

Incorrect: You are becoming\u00a0young.<\/b>
\nCorrect: You are becoming\u00a0younger.<\/b><\/p>\n

Incorrect: It is getting\u00a0dark.<\/b>
\nCorrect: It is getting\u00a0darker<\/b>.<\/p>\n

You are becoming young\u00a0<\/i>is of course correct English, but English has a fondness for the use of the\u00a0comparative\u00a0form when change is implied in a sentence.<\/p>\n

Incorrect: Of the two routes this is\u00a0the shortest<\/b>.
\nCorrect: Of the two routes this is\u00a0the shorter<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Incorrect: Of the three solutions this is\u00a0the better<\/b>.
\nCorrect: Of the three solutions this is\u00a0the best<\/b>.<\/p>\n

We use the comparative adjective to make a comparison between two people or things. We use the\u00a0superlative adjective\u00a0to make a comparison between more than two people or things.<\/p>\n

Incorrect: There is\u00a0a best singer<\/b>\u00a0in my class.
\nCorrect: There is a\u00a0very good singer\u00a0<\/b>in my class.<\/p>\n

When no comparison is implied the\u00a0positive adjective\u00a0should be used.<\/p>\n

Incorrect: I have never seen\u00a0a so intelligent girl<\/b>.
\nCorrect: I have never seen\u00a0so intelligent a girl<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Incorrect: He was\u00a0a so generous man\u00a0<\/b>that he donated all his wealth to charity.
\nCorrect: He was\u00a0so generous a man<\/b>\u00a0that he donated all his wealth to charity.<\/p>\n

The correct structure is\u00a0so + adjective + a\/an + singular\u00a0countable noun.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this lesson we will take a look at some of the most common errors in the use of\u00a0adjectives. Incorrect:\u00a0These all\u00a0mangoes are rotten. Correct:\u00a0All these\u00a0mangoes are rotten. Correct:\u00a0All of these\u00a0mangoes are rotten. Articles\u00a0(a\/an, the),\u00a0possessives\u00a0(my,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[537,2425,2426],"class_list":["post-73641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-adjectives","tag-adjectives-common-errors","tag-common-mistakes-in-the-use-of-adjectives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73641"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73644,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73641\/revisions\/73644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}