strong adjectives

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Adjectives are words that describe the qualities of something. Some adjectives in English are gradable – that means you can have different degrees or levels of that quality.

very good -slightly good -extremely good

Facts about strong adjectives:

They are non-gradable adjectives

With strong adjectives, we don’t use comparatives and superlatives:

My parents’ house is enormous.

My parents’ house is more enormous / the most enormous.

With strong adjectives, we CANNOT use these adverbs: very, extremely, a bit, rather

except: pretty / really