Special note: Sticklers-for-rules say an historic event. The rest of us say a his-
toric event.
Pop the question: Identifying adjectives
To find adjectives
beats by dr dre, go to the words they describe — nouns and pronouns.
Start with the noun and ask it three questions. (Not “What’s the new hot
stock?” or “Will you marry me?” This is grammar, not life.) Here are the three
questions:
? How many?
? Which one?
? What kind?
Noun How many?How many?
or Which one?Which one? Adjective
Pronoun What kind?What kind?
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90 Part II: Avoiding Common Errors
Take a look at this sentence:
George placed three stolen atomic secrets inside his cheese burrito.
You see three nouns: George, secrets, and burrito. George has led a color-
ful life, but you can’t find the answer to the following questions: How many
Georges? Which George? What kind of George? No words in the sentence pro-
vide that information
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But try these three questions on secrets and burrito and you do come up with
something: How many secrets? Answer: three. Three is an adjective. Which
secrets? What kind of secrets? Answer: stolen and atomic. Stolen and atomic are
adjectives. The same goes for burrito: What kind? Answer: cheese. Cheese is
an adjective.
You may have noticed that his answers one of the questions. (Which burrito?
Answer: his burrito.) His is working as an adjective, but his is also a pronoun.
Normal people don’t have to worry about whether his is a pronoun or an
adjective. Only English teachers care
newport cigarettes, and they divide into two camps — the
adjective camp and the pronoun camp. Needless to say
dre monster beats, each group feels
superior to the other. (I’m a noncombatant. As far as I’m concerned, you can
call his a parakeet for all I care.)
Look at another sentence:
The agonized glance thrilled George’s rotten, little, hard heart.
This sentence has three nouns. One (George’s) is possessive. If you ask how
many George’s, which George’s
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The other two nouns, glance and heart, do yield an answer. What kind of