compound adjective

Examples of compound adjective in the following topics:

• Adjectives

  • In some situations, two adjectives may be used to describe a noun.
  • But other times, the adjectives combine to become one adjective joined by a hyphen.
  • Heavy-metal is the compound adjective describing the detector.
  • The standard form for using adjectives for comparison is to add -er to the end of an adjective being used to compare two items (brighter, cooler) and -est to the end of an adjective used to compare more than two items (brightest, coolest).
  • Sometimes, pronouns can be used as adjectives.

• Benzene and other Aromatic Compounds

  • The adjective "aromatic" is used by organic chemists in a rather different way than it is normally applied.
  • Cinnamon bark, for example, yielded a pleasant smelling compound, formula C9H8O, named cinnamaldehyde.
  • Surprisingly, products that appeared to retain many of the double bonds were obtained, and these compounds exhibited a high degree of chemical stability compared with known alkenes and cycloalkenes (aliphatic compounds).
  • These heats of hydrogenation would reflect the relative thermodynamic stability of the compounds.
  • This sort of stability enhancement is now accepted as a characteristic of all aromatic compounds.

• First and Second Declension

  • Most adjectives in -er are declined like sacer.
  • The following however, are declined like tener: asper, rough; lacer, torn;līber, free; miser, wretched; prōsper, prosperous; compounds in -fer and -ger; sometimes dexter, right.

• Enantiomers and Stereoisomerism in Organic Compounds

  • What differs between stereoisomers of a compound is the spatial arrangement of atoms.
  • Stereoisomers can be divided into enantiomers, diastereomers and meso compounds.
  • The adjective used to describe such structures is "chiral. "
  • In chemistry, chirality is commonly observed in both coordination and organic compounds.
  • The compound on the left is known as the S-enantiomer; that on the right is the R.

• Components of a Sentence

  • (adjective clause)
  • Compound elements can include:
  • Compound predicate: He ran to the house and knocked on the door.

• The Structure of Language

  • In English, an adjective comes before a noun ("red house"), whereas in Spanish, the adjective comes after ("casa [house] roja [red].")
  • In German, you can put noun after noun together to form giant compound words; in Chinese, the pitch of your voice determines the meaning of your words; in American Sign Language, you can convey full, grammatical sentences with tense and aspect by moving your hands and face.
  • For example, the word "sad" changes from an adjective to a noun when "-ness" (sadness) is added to it.

• Adverbs

  • Just as adjectives modify nouns and pronouns, adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
  • Many adjectives can be made into adverbs simply by adding -ly to the end.
  • ["Of this diet" describes the adjective "tired."]
  • Hyphens can be used to combine an adverb and adjective to describe a noun.
  • In this situation, the adverb is describing the adjective, and the adjective is describing the noun.

• Third Declension

  • But they do not have -ī the Ablative, except when employed as adjectives; when used as participles or as substantives, they have -e; as,—
  • a) usually retain the adjective declension; as,—aequālis, contemporary, Abl. aequālī.cōnsulāris, ex-consul, Abl. cōnsulārīSo names of Months; as, Aprīlī, April; Decembrī, December.b) But adjectives used as proper names have -e in the Ablative Singular; as, Celere, Celer; Juvenāle, Juvenal.c) Patrials in -ās, -ātis and -īs, -ītis, when designating places regularly have -ī; as, in Arpīnātī, on the estate at Arpinum, yet -e, when used of persons; as, ab Arpīnāte, by an Arpinatian.
  • A very few indeclinable adjectives occur, the chief of which are frūgī, frugal; nēquam, worthless.
  • In poetry, adjectives and participles in -ns sometimes form the Gen.

• Introduction to Adjectives and Adverbs

  • We need adverbs and adjectives in order to be descriptive in our writing.
  • Like adjectives, adverbs can also help add details to your writing.
  • Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
  • Adverbs can also be used to modify adjectives and other adverbs.
  • [The adverb reasonably modifies the adjective early.]

• Using Varied Sentence Lengths and Styles

  • A compound-complex sentence (or complex-compound sentence) consists of multiple independent clauses, at least one of which has at least one subordinate clause.
  • They can, however, function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
  • Structural classifications for sentences include: simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compound-complex sentences.
  • A compound-complex sentence (or complex-compound sentence) consists of multiple independent clauses, at least one of which has at least one subordinate clause.
  • The fifth sentence is compound.