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	Adjective [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Adjectives are sometimes used in place of nouns, as in many of the Beatitudes The Beatitudes(from Latin, beatitudo, happiness) is the name given to a well-known, and to some, such as Henri Nouwen, definitive and central, portion of the Sermon on the Mount, recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
		In many languages that have adjectives, the adjectives may have comparative In grammar the comparative is the form of an adjective or adverb which denotes the degree or grade by which a person, thing, or other entity has a property or quality greater or less in extent than that of another.
		Adjectives in English have comparative In grammar the comparative is the form of an adjective or adverb which denotes the degree or grade by which a person, thing, or other entity has a property or quality greater or less in extent than that of another.
	www.wikimirror.com /Adjective (3027 words)

	Glossary of Grammatical Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Possessive adjectives are the words "my", "your", "his", "her", "its", "our" and "their".
		The possessive case is a subset of the genitive case, which is one of the 4 main cases in modern English.
		The possessive personal pronouns are the words "mine," "yours," "hers," "his," "its," "ours," and "theirs." Unlike possessive adjectives, which modify something, possessive personal pronouns stand alone.
	www.grammar-monster.com /seo/glossary/cip.htm (2574 words)

	English Grammar
		An adjective which is separated from the noun or pronoun it modifies by a verb is often referred to as a predicate adjective.
		Interpolated adjectives are most often placed immediately after a noun, as shown in the first example; or before a noun or pronoun at the beginning of a sentence, as shown in the second and third examples.
		When an adjectival phrase is meant to modify a noun or pronoun which in fact is not present in the sentence, the sentence can be corrected by rewriting either the adjectival phrase or the rest of the sentence, so that the missing noun or pronoun is supplied.
	members.fortunecity.com /leanora/gramch21.html (5253 words)

	THE USE OF POSSESSIVE CONSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH AND SLOVENE
		For the purposes of the study, the terms "possessive construction", "possessor" and "possessee" were adopted for all constructions with the Saxon-genitive phrase (English), the possessive adjective (Slovene) or their postnominal counterparts (the of -phrase and the genitive phrase respectively) as modifiers, regardless of the semantic relation involved.
		The possessor in the possessive compound is, notwithstanding its non-referentiality, at least indirectly in the function of a reference point: it restricts the set of possible referents of the possessee to a particular class, the class being the same as the class the possessee in the homonymous possessive construction belongs to.
		For each text, the first 100 examples of the prenominal possessive construction and the first 50 examples of the postnominal one (a smaller amount of empirical data was needed here because the analysis focused on the use of the possessive adjective) were extracted.
	webdoc.sub.gwdg.de /edoc/ia/eese/artic24/francis/6_2004.html (4123 words)

	Adjectives
		A demonstrative adjective may look like a demonstrative pronoun, but it is used differently in the sentence: it is an adjective, used to modify a noun or pronoun.
		An interrogative adjective may look like an interrogative pronoun, but it is used differently in the sentence: it is an adjective, used to modify a noun or pronoun.
		An indefinite adjective may look like an indefinite pronoun, but it is used differently in the sentence: it is an adjective, used to modify a noun or pronoun.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0885349.html (174 words)

	Spanish Grammar: possessive adjectives
		Possessive adjectives agree with the nouns they modify.
		Tu (without the written accent) is the possessive adjective meaning "your" (informal).
		Note that these possessive adjectives are not used with articles of clothing or body parts.
	www.studyspanish.com /lessons/possadj.htm (197 words)

	4 Adjective
		The adjective is the variable part of the discourse added to a noun to complete its meaning.
		The qualifier adjective can express the quality of a noun and moreover the measure or degree in which that quality is owned by it.
		The possessive adjective is generally placed before the noun it refers to.
	www.zialingua.com /italiano/4aggettivo.htm (1125 words)

	Possessive Forms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When we want the possessive of a pluralized family name, we pluralize first and then simply make the name possessive with the use of an apostrophe.
		Possessive forms are frequently modifiers for verb forms used as nouns, or gerunds.
		When a possessive noun is followed by an appositive, a word that renames or explains that noun, the apostrophe +s is added to the appositive, not to the noun.
	webster.commnet.edu /grammar/possessives.htm (1660 words)

	englishcam/possessive pronouns
		An adjective is used to describe a noun.
		Possessive pronouns and adjectives are used to indicate the ownership of something.
		That is all for this lesson on possessive pronouns and adjectives.
	www.conversa1.com /possessivepronouns.htm (198 words)

	Adjective Practice Answers
		ALABAMA'S is a possessive noun acting as an adjective modifying GOVERNOR.
		THEIR is a possessive pronoun acting as an adjective modifying DOG.
		TED'S is a possessive noun acting as an adjective modifying FATHER.
	grammar.uoregon.edu /adjectives/adjpracticeansw.html (798 words)

	Pronoun Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Note that the possessive pronouns are similar to possessive adjectives (my, his, her).
		The difference is that the object follows the possessive adjective but does not follow the possessive pronoun.
		Possessive Adjectives Possessive adjectives - my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their are often confused with possessive pronouns.
	www.teacherinkuwait.com /PronounReview.html (221 words)

	Adjetivos posesivos - Spanish Possessive Adjectives - Spanish for Beginners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Possessive adjectives are the words used in place of articles to indicate to whom or to what something belongs.
		In Spanish there are different forms of possessive adjectives depending on whether the noun is masculine or feminine, singular or plural.
		There are also two different sets of possessive adjectives: short/unstressed forms (explained in this lesson) and long/stressed forms.
	spanish.allinfo-about.com /grammar/gr-possessiveadjectives.html (256 words)

	EN-FR literary question
		Though its function may be =that of an adjective, it's still a pronoun "by birth".
		This belief of mine was already the result of a correction by somebody I thought authorized, as I spoke myself of "possessive adjective".
		But in their broadest definitions, a pronoun is a generic word used to replace a noun or noun phrase, and an adjective modifies a noun.
	www.forum-one.org /new-466648-4340.html (1880 words)

	Quick Test
		"Its" is a possessive adjective; whereas, "it's" is short for "it is" or "it has".
		An adjective of this kind is called a "compound adjective".
		is used before an adjective, there is no need to use a hyphen.
	www.grammar-monster.com /tests/tadj1.htm (441 words)

	Adjectives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.
		When the definite article, the, is combined with an adjective describing a class or group of people, the resulting phrase can act as a noun: the poor, the rich, the oppressed, the homeless, the lonely, the unlettered, the unwashed, the gathered, the dear departed.
		It's probably not a good idea to use this construction with an adjective that is already a negative: "He is less unlucky than his brother," although that is not the same thing as saying he is luckier than his brother.
	webster.commnet.edu /grammar/adjectives.htm (2815 words)

	The Art of Slash: Writing Article: Have You Ever Wondered: Its vs. It's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		So "its," as well as the other adjective pronouns--my, our, your, his, her, and their--can take the place of any noun that has been turned into an adjective.
		The important thing that you need to know is that "its" is not a possessive formed from "it" but rather an adjective pronoun that works in exactly the same way as my, our, your, his, her, and their.
		Adjective pronouns always modify a noun: "his flaccid penis," "their tangled tongues," and "your sharp elbow in my side." Possessive pronouns never modify a noun: "That's yours." "This is mine." "I wouldn't touch that; it's his." The possessive pronouns are mine, ours, yours, hers, his, and theirs.
	www.theartofslash.com /archive-nonfic-STD-itsits.htm (852 words)

	Lesson Tutor : Lesson plan for basic grammar: adjectives
		The adjective is the third of the eight parts of speech.
		The - adjective because it modifies the pronoun one and is an article.
		His - adjective because it is a possessive pronoun that modifies the noun cookie and answers the question WHICH ONE.
	www.lessontutor.com /eesadjectives.html (351 words)

	Possessive Pronouns
		is used to show possession (possessive pronoun) by modifying a noun or pronoun, it functions as an
		Only one of them will be a possessive pronoun used as an adjective.
		(adjective) that modifies a noun or pronoun in each sentence.
	www.rhlschool.com /eng3n7.htm (150 words)

	JohnsEsl - An online community for teachers and students of ESL
		Possessive adjectives are used when we want to say someone has or owns something.
		Compare the subject pronoun forms and their possessive adjective forms below.
		Notice that in the example sentences above, the possessive adjectives come before the noun.
	www.johnsesl.com /templates/grammar/possessive_adjectives.php (97 words)

	The Little Prince & The Fox - French Lesson 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		is a possessive adjective, an adjective that shows possession.
		In French the possessive adjective agrees in gender and number with the noun.
		Similar to possessive adjectives mentioned above, all other adjectives in French also agree in gender and number with the nouns and the pronouns they modify.
	www.seekme.org /littleprince/lessons.html (229 words)

	Tameri Guide for Writers: Grammarians' Lexicon
		Nouns have two inflections suffixes, -s plural and âs possessive; verbs have four, - s, - ing, - ed, and - en ; adjectives and some adverbs have two, - er and - est.
		The possessive adjectives are: my, our, your, his, her, its, their.
		possessive pronoun - The possessive pronouns replace a possessive noun or possessive adjective and its noun.
	www.tameri.com /edit/gramlex.html (4749 words)

	Greek Article & others
		The article itself does not involve possession, but this notion can be inferred from the presence of the article alone in certain contexts.
		Almost invariably the article is used when a possessive pronoun is attached to the noun.
		Of course, the participle can also often be substantival or adjectival without the article, though there is the greater possibility of ambiguity in such instances.
	www.bcbsr.com /greek/gsubs.html (1951 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		in, inn pos1: none, verb, noun, adjective, adverb, article, connective, number, possessive, pronoun, interjection, modal, preposition.
		pos2: none, verb, noun, adjective, adverb, article, connective, number, possessive, pronoun, interjection, modal, preposition.
		pos3: none, verb, noun, adjective, adverb, article, connective, number, possessive, pronoun, interjection, modal, preposition.
	www.cs.uregina.ca /~hamilton/courses/831/notes/ml/dtrees/c4.5/in.names (72 words)

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		Kein vs. Nicht and Possessive Pronouns - quiz by Ed Curtis.
		Deutsch im Netz matching exercise on Possessive Adjectives and accusative pronouns.
		Scroll down to bottom - to section four: Possessive Pronouns.
	www.serve.com /shea/einwords.htm (226 words)

	media.ca - Possessive Adjective (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Definition of 'Possessive Adjective' - Grammar Glossary for Spanish...
		Definition of 'possessive adjective' along with examples in both Spanish and English.
		A possessive adjective is usually used to describe a noun, and it comes before it, like other adjectives: My car is bigger than her car.
	www.media.ca /Possessive-Adjective/reference/search (59 words)

	Possessive Adjectives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Possessive adjectives are special adjectives or determiners used to express possession of a noun; they precede all other elements in a noun phrase.
		If you use possessive adjectives, you do not need articles.
		Choose a possessive adjective that agrees in person, number, and gender with the possessor noun, not the noun being possessed.
	jfet.org /mayfield/a-posses.htm (140 words)

	Learn English Online - Beginners Course - Lesson 27 - possessive adjectives
		An adjective is a word that modifies a noun to tell you more about it.
		The answer to the question "Whose.......?" must always have an 's or use a possessive adjective.
		Don't confuse the --'s of possession with the contraction of the verb is:
	learn-english-online.org /Lesson27/Course/Lesson27.htm (230 words)

	its - Wiktionary
		The belief that its derived from it's or was a contraction of some longer form, or that it bears any relationship to the possessive apostrophe-s, are common misapprehensions.
		Belonging to it (used as an possessive adjective).
		Its can function as a possessive pronoun and a possessive adjective.
	en.wiktionary.org /wiki/its (145 words)

	Most Fequently Used Words 1
		When a modifying noun describes the characteristic of another noun instead of showing a possessive relationship, de is not used: Yingyu baozhi (English language newspaper); Faguo cai (French food).
		Given enough contexts, the noun modified by a verbal phrase can be left out, resulting in a nominal construction: you qian de (the person who has money; rich people); chi de meiyou wenti (there is no problem with food; chi de = chi de dongxi “things to eat”).
		Given the proper context, the noun defined by an adjective + de, a verb + de or a sentence + de can often be left out: haode (ren) duo, huaide (ren) shao (there are more good people than bad people); wo shuo de (hua), ni dong bu dong (do you understand what I say)?
	www.chinasprout.com /html/most_fequently_used_words_1.html (356 words)

	grammar sentences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		reflexive pronoun, relative pronoun, noun used as adjective, possessive pronoun
		adverb modifying an adjective, noun used as adjective, indefinite pronoun, preposition, correlative conjunction
		possessive pronoun, abstract collective noun, transitive verb, noun used as adjective, adverb modifying a verb
	bol8300-01.k12.fsu.edu /grammarsentences.html (1023 words)

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