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Jan 2015
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013 - Extreme Adjectives

SHAYNA OLIVEIRA
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Adjectives are words that describe the qualities of something. Some adjectives in English are gradable - that means you can have different degrees or levels of that quality. For example, the weather can be a little cold, rather cold, very cold, or extremely cold.

Extreme adjectives or non-gradable adjectives are words that mean “extremely + adjective” – for example, “freezing” means “extremely cold.” The weather can’t be “a little bit freezing” or “very freezing” – because the word “freezing” itself automatically means “extremely cold.”

Click here for the lesson text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/extreme-adjectives-in-english/

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