GRADABLE and NON-GRADABLE ADJECTIVES | HOW TO ENGLISH

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[@howtoEnglish1]

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[@khadijaabuukar6818]

Thanks for sharing this amazing experience ❤🙌 With much belief in you. But sometimes I hear quite often abit tired! Gradable or non gradable?

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[@mrifan258]

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[@vzirxanisgndrov4701]

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[@phuclehoang4546]

yes, I have a question for you madam. Is the adjective "different" a gradable or non-gradable adjective ?.

[@duk911]

I think its gradable

[@steveevans9991]

really different, a bit different - gradable :)

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[@Muhammad.S.I.]

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[@sengriksangma1660]

Can we use like this? Fairly clean rather dirty Fairly cheap rather expensive

[@MuhammadwasifWasif-ve2pn]

I listened delicious is gradable adjective. Or not?

[@M7medKasem]

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[@trangthu2813]

Hi Ms, could you please explain why SLIGHTLY PERFECT is acceptable, I think SLIGHTLY will go with GRADABLE ADJECTIVES, but PERFECT is ABSOLUTE ADJECTIVE ??? I am a bit confused 😢

[@howtoEnglish1]

Hello, can you give me an example? Where does it say that it's acceptable? You are right - perfect is an absolute adjective.

[@trangthu2813]

​@@howtoEnglish1 Thank Ms, I saw it by chance on the Internet when I wanted to read more about this topic, I can't find any longer 😭, so 'SLIGHTLY PERFECT' is wrong, isn't it?

[@howtoEnglish1]

@@trangthu2813 maybe somebody (a writer?) was just playing with those words and used this phrase on purpose because it sounds so odd :) Slightly perfect is incorrect.

[@trangthu2813]

@@howtoEnglish1 Thank you so much Ms 😍

[@trangthu2813]

@@howtoEnglish1 Hi Ms, Plz help to choose the correct option , I am a bit confused 😢 e.g. Peter is QUITE/EXTREMELY different from his brother; they don't have anything in common? I have 2 questions, Could you help me to clarify? Q1. Is DIFFERENT a "GRADABLE" or a 'NON GRADABLE' adjective? Q2: 'QUITE' has two opposite meanings 'Completely' and 'Not Very'. Can we say QUITE DIFFERENT (=completely different) ?

[@anielloortega5082]

Hello!! what about QUITE. it has two opposite meanings.. It's still confusing.

[@manu_3448]

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[@howtoEnglish1]

You're welcome!

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[@MillanSelvine]

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[@nehirb.8689]

doesn't exhausted mean tired, can't we say I'm very exhausted?

[@MuhammadwasifWasif-ve2pn]

No .bcz exhausted is non gradable that 'why we can't use very before exhausted but we can use absolutely before exhausted.

[@janaabdulnaser6661]

No because exhausted = very tired

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[@hadidafyan8459]

But there are millions of examples as ( more delicious than) ! Are they all wrong?

[@howtoEnglish1]

No, they're not wrong. "more delicious than" is used to compare 2 things that are delicious - but one is better (more delicious) than the other.

[@hadidafyan8459]

@@howtoEnglish1 exactly my point! So “delicious “ is gradable after all!

[@howtoEnglish1]

​@@hadidafyan8459 Hmm, delicious (meaning "very tasty") is a non-gradable, extreme adjective - if you don't believe me, have a look here learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/b1-b2-grammar/adjectives-gradable-non-gradable Normally, we don't use non-gradable adjectives with comparative or superlative forms - but - as you've pointed out - the phrase "more delicious than" does exist. It is used to compare 2 things. "More delicious than" is commonly used in spoken English. Some native speakers of English say it's ok to use it, some prefer "tastier than". But just because "delicious" is used in this phrase, it doesn't make the word gradable.

[@hadidafyan8459]

@@howtoEnglish1 Of course I believe you! You are an excellent native speaker teacher and that’s why I’m seeking your advice! And thank you so much for the invaluable explanation! So to summarise can we just say : delicious is essentially a non-gradable adjective and phrases like ( more delicious than) are basically incorrect as far as traditional grammar rules are concerned, but native speakers still use it informally? Thank you very much

[@steveevans9991]

@@hadidafyan8459 "more delicious than" is a comparative, we are comparing it to something else, this is not the same as gradable/non-gradable adjectives.

[@White-mx5ro]

Thank you

[@howtoEnglish1]

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