![]() That's because they don't point out specific people, places, or things. The articles a and an are called indefinite articles. If I say Read the book., I'm not referring to any old book. That's because it points out a definite, or specific person, place, or thing. The article the is called a definite article. There are only three articles in the English language. Here at Grammar Revolution, we categorize words into eight parts of speech, and we say that articles are a subcategory of adjectives. * Please note that when people categorize words into nine parts of speech, they say that articles and determiners are in their own category. What are articles?Īrticles are special kinds of adjectives.* (By the way, what is an adjective? Do you remember? Good.) ![]() There are many different kinds of adjectives, and we'll explore three of them below: articles, proper adjectives, and predicate adjectives. Out of Richard, his neighbor, and Tim Ferriss, Tim is the most adventurous.Īrticles, Proper Adjectives, & Predicate Adjectives Out of Richard, his neighbor, and Tim Ferriss, Richard is the richest. In the examples below, we're comparing good old Richard with his neighbor AND Tim Ferriss. Use the superlative form when you're comparing three or more things. There are also irregular comparatives which do not follow this -er or more pattern ( better, less, worse). Most comparative adjectives end in -er ( richer, happier, taller) or begin with more ( more beautiful, more peaceful, more spontaneous). Richard Branson is more adventurous than his neighbor. Richard Branson is richer than his neighbor. ![]() Use the comparative form when you're comparing two things. In the examples below, we're comparing Richard Branson and his neighbor. Do you see how there are different degrees of the adjective hot? We've just used the comparative and superlative forms of the word hot to show this adjective's different degrees.
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