Correct the following sentences by arranging the adjectives in the proper order:
- The summer sky was a blue, soft, beautiful sky.
- He bought a brown, fine, big horse.
- A gold, beautiful, expensive watch was given her.
- The new, beautiful apartment building is on the corner.
- He advertised for a young, intelligent, wide awake man.
9. Never use them as an adjective. Them is a pronoun. One of the worst mistakes which we can make is to use such phrases as them things, them men, them books. Say, those things, those men, those books.
10. Do not use less for the comparative form of few. The comparative form of few is fewer. Less refers only to quantity, fewer to number. For example:
- He raised less grain this year than last, because he has fewer horses now than he had then.
- He uses fewer words because he has less to say.
- There are but few people here today; there were still fewer (not less) yesterday.
Exercise 2
Correct the adjectives in this exercise:
- Hand me the little knife.
- He claims to be more infallible than anyone else.
- Mary is the oldest of the two.
- He was the bestest boy in school.
- The barn is forty foot long.
- Yonder is a happy crowd of children.
- Which is the largest end?
- I found the bestest book.
- This is the most principal rule.
- Give me a cold cup of water.
- These kind of books will not do.
- Give me them books.
- Who is the tallest, you or John?
Exercise 3
Mark all the adjectives in this poem. Note especially the participles used as adjectives.