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Old 05-Apr-2009, 16:43
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Question Question about form and use of adjectives

Hello: I would greatly appreciate help with this. My exercise is as follows:

Identify and explain any mistakes in the form and use of adjectives:

"I wear make up with lips brightly reds and I am usually a character with passionately."

"I am tall one metre thirty nine and I have blonds, longs hairs, blues eyes and a nose little and crooked."

I know these are wrong and could change them to make them sound right but I am supposed to focus on the adjectives. Could someone tell me why they are wrong and please explain what the mistakes are?

Thanks

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Old 06-Apr-2009, 06:49
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Default Re: Question about form and use of adjectives

Hi rubyslippers

What are your answers?

HINTS
1. adjectives don't take number or tense markers.
2. some adjectives take -ly, but most do not.
3. most adjectives go before the noun they modify.
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