Adjectives come in a rainbow of flavors, but they have some rules and regulations when used for comparison. Like anything else, there are also some exceptions to those rules.
What are Adjectives? An adjective is a word that describes a person, place, or thing (nouns and pronouns), and they generally appear before the word they modify. The articles “a,” “an” and “the” are also adjectives. Nationality, religious affiliation and culture are “proper adjectives” and always have their first letter capitalized. They can be stacked as deeply as needed, but two or more adjectives require commas to separate them.
Iceland 1934: Two boys playing see something they shouldn't have. The consequences will haunt them and their families for generations. Iceland 2009: the credit crunch bites. The currency has been devalued, savings annihilated, lives ruined. Grassroots revolution is in the air, as is the feeling that someone ought to pay....
Added by: genuis_tariq | Karma: 16.17 | Black Hole | 22 October 2010
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Learning to Speak a Second Language
This book is required reading for any busy professional person, student, or social service provider planning to learn a new spoken language. If you will soon be living or working in another culture where your business success, academic degrees, or your ability to communicate with others depends on your ability to speak another language, you will not have the time to waste on antiquated grammar-based language instruction.
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Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 10 October 2010
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The 39 Clues - Book 9: Storm Warning
Storm Warning is the ninth book in The 39 Clues series. It is written by Linda Sue Park and was released on May 25, 2010. The geographical coordinates that appear on the ship on the book's cover (18 degrees, 15 minutes north; 77 degrees, 30 minutes west) indicate a point about six kilometers southeast of Albert Town, Jamaica.
Degrees Kelvin: A Tale of Genius, Invention, and Tragedy
Young William Thomson was a prodigy. At the age of 16, he published his first technical paper on heat flow--a subject that he would revolutionize. This young man would become best known as Lord Kelvin; today the name Kelvin describes a temperature scale. In fact, Kelvin's fame came quickly during his early years, as he made major findings in thermodynamics and electromagnetism.
