|
Lecture 3:
The words no,
not,
never,
always are
also modifiers.
Avoid "double negatives!"
Say “no” only one time in English. 
Use
NO to answer
questions and with nouns
and pronouns.
-
“No” is the opposite of “yes.”
-
“No” is sometimes used to mean “zero.”
-
Use
NOT to make
verbs negative and
with adjectives
and adverbs!
Examples:
They did not have any food to eat during the winter.
OR
They had no food
to eat during the winter.
(NOT: They did
not have no
food.)
There is a special
order for adjectives when you use more than one in a sentence.
|
Determiner |
Order |
Evaluation
/Opinion |
Size |
Shape |
Condition |
Age |
Color |
Origin |
Material |
Noun |
|
the |
two |
|
small |
|
|
|
red |
handmade |
|
dolls |
|
our |
first |
beautiful |
mid-size |
|
shiny |
new |
|
Swedish |
|
Saab |
|
my |
|
warm |
|
turtle-neck |
|
|
|
Australian |
woolen |
sweater |
Examples:
These
examples have too many adjectives.
The two small old red handmade dolls were displayed in the window.
We bought our first
beautiful mid-size shiny new Swedish Saab.
You should try not to use more than three adjectives per sentence to modify a noun.
You should not use commas to separate when you write a sentence like
this.
(EXCEPT: if you use two adjectives from
the same category, you DO need a comma between them: The
nice, polite
little boy has arrived.)
|
