{"product_id":"english-grammar-rodney-v-foster-9781805475156","title":"English Grammar: Nouns and Adjectives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Noun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is the name of any person, place, or thing, that can be known or mentioned: as, George, York, man, apple, truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll words and signs taken technically, (that is, independently of their meaning, and merely as things spoken of, ) are nouns; or, rather, are things read and construed as nouns; because, in such a use, they temporarily assume the syntax of nouns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Adjective\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a word added to a noun or pronoun, and generally expresses quality: as, A wise man; a new book. You two are diligent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdjectives have been otherwise called attributes, attributives, qualities, adnouns; but none of these names is any better than the common one. Some writers have classed adjectives with verbs; because, with a neuter verb for the copula, they often form logical predicates: as, \"Vices are contagious.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Latin grammarians usually class them with nouns; consequently their nouns are divided into nouns substantive and nouns adjective. With us, substantives are nouns; and adjectives form a part of speech by themselves. This is generally acknowledged to be a much better distribution. Adjectives cannot with propriety be called nouns, in any language; because they are not the names of the qualities which they signify.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey must be added to nouns or pronouns in order to make sense. But if, in a just distribution of words, the term \"adjective nouns\" is needless and improper, the term \"adjective pronouns\" is, certainly, not less so: most of the words which Murray and others call by this name, are not pronouns, but adjectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rodney V Foster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1805475150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805475156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atlas Vista Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.36d","brand":"Rodney V Foster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44173333102847,"sku":"9781805475156","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d7ce9e9-4988-42fd-8eec-88ed973cf7d6.jpg?v=1689792238","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/english-grammar-rodney-v-foster-9781805475156","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}