Looking a little closer at adjectives and adverbs today... Qualifiers and Quantifiers
Both qualifiers and quantifiers PROCEED and MODIFY the noun and supply specific detail in a sentence... Qualifiers are hidden as adjectives and adverbs, while quantifiers disguise themselves as words that tell how much. Quantifiers usually appear in front of nouns (as in all children), but they may also function as pronouns (as in All have returned).
Here are the most common qualifiers in English (though some of these words have other functions as well): very, quite, rather, somewhat, more, most, less, least, too, so, just, enough, indeed, still, almost, fairly, really, pretty, even, a bit, a little, a (whole) lot, a good deal, a great deal, kind of, sort of.
Remember, we are studying grammar not for grammar-sake, but for its application into the world of communication. If you have a command of your language, you can understand it better, communicate it better, craft it better.... with the study of mechanics, we are balancing it with its application. Study both sides equally!
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Overused words- qualifiers
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