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# Adjective
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An adjective is a category of words.
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An adjective often describes someone or something.
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## More Information about this topic
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*How else can an adjective be used?*
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* An adjective can compare two or more things.
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* An adjective can function as a noun.
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* An adjective can function as an adverb.
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If there is an article in the same form as an adjective and a noun in a sentence, then where the adjective is located can affect how it is translated. For example, if the words the, tall, and man are in the same form in a sentence. The is an article. Tall is an adjective. Man is a noun.
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* If the order of the words is article, adjective, noun, then it is translated as the tall man.
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* If the order of the words is article, noun, article, adjective, then it is translated as the tall man.
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* If the order of the words is noun, article adjective, then it is translated as the tall man.
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* If the order of the words is adjective, article, noun, then it is translated as the man is tall.
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* If the order of the words is article, noun, adjective, then it is translated as the man is tall.
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### What information is included in the form of an adjective?
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* **Case**- Case is the form of a word that helps someone to know the function of the word in a sentence. Case helps the reader to know what the word is doing in a sentence.
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* **Person**- Person is a category used to indicate whether a word refers to a speaker, the person being addressed, or someone else.
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* **Gender**- Number is the form of a word that helps someone to know how many people or things.
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The adjective will have the same case, gender, and number as the thing it describes.
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See: Noun; Article; Adverb
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