Chapter 7. Using adjectives to evaluate, describe and compare

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Chapter 7
Using adjectives to evaluate, describe and compare

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7.1Adjectives and adverbs
- 7.1.1Uses of adjectives
- 7.1.2The adjective construction
- 7.1.3The premodifier-of-noun construction
- 7.1.4Item-relatedness in attributive and predicative uses
7.2Expressing degree
- 7.2.1Modifier-of-adjective constructions
  - 7.2.1.1Premodifier constructions
  - 7.2.1.2Postmodifier constructions
  - 7.2.1.3Discontinuous modifier constructions
- 7.2.2Expressing maximum degree
7.3Collocational parallels between adverb-adjective and adjective-noun patterns
7.4Comparing things
- 7.4.1The comparative construction
- 7.4.2The more-than-comparison construction
- 7.4.3Ways of expressing difference and likeness

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