Adjective or adverb

They had ..... large villages of houses built close together.
1. beautifully2. beautiful3. beautified4. beauty

I have problem with this kind of question. I don't learn when we must use adjective before series of adjectives and nouns and when we must use adverb. I thought that "beautiful large villages" would be considered as this form : Quality + size + noun. However it seems that we need adverb here. WHY? please illuminate this tough topic for me a bit.

Thanks

Freeguy said:

They had ..... large villages of houses built close together.
1. beautifully2. beautiful3. beautified4. beauty

I have problem with this kind of question. I [STRIKE]don't [/STRIKE] didn't learn when we must use an adjective before a series of adjectives and nouns and when we must use an adverb. I thought that "beautiful large villages" would be considered as this form : Quality + size + noun. However it seems that we need adverb here. WHY? please illuminate this tough topic for me a bit.

Thanks

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Of the four choices, which one(s) would you select?

No.2 : beautiful

Freeguy said:

No.2 : beautiful

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Yes. This means that the villages were beautiful and large. "Beautifully large" would not work.

Freeguy said:

They had ..... large villages of houses built close together.
1. beautifully2. beautiful3. beautified4. beauty

I have problem with this kind of question. I don't learn when we must use adjective before series of adjectives and nouns and when we must use adverb. I thought that "beautiful large villages" would be considered as this form : Quality + size + noun. However it seems that we need adverb here. WHY? please illuminate this tough topic for me a bit.

Thanks

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Dear Freeguy,

As you and Mike said, beautiful is the correct answer.
In simple words, an adjective describes a noun or noun phrase (for example, "beautiful" and "large" describe the villages of houses). An adverb describes or qualifies an adjective, another adverb, verb, and some other elements.

In the sentence above the adverb, "beautifully", could be used to describe the beauty of the way in which the houses were arranged:

They had large villages of houses beautifully built close together.

Sincerely,
Ali

The answer key leans against beautifully here. That's why I made up this question. I, personally, went for beautiful.

Thanks

MikeNewYork said:

Yes. This means that the villages were beautiful and large. "Beautifully large" would not work.

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I think "beautifully large" is a possibility. If you consider that the largeness is being done beautifully.

Consider like a "gloriously sunny day."

SoothingDave said:

I think "beautifully large" is a possibility. If you consider that the largeness is being done beautifully.

Consider like a "gloriously sunny day."

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"Gloriously sunny" works better for me.

If I said "beautiful, large" I would include a comma between them.

Based on your claims my dear friends these two sentences could be correct :

1. That was a strikingly convincing argument that the speaker delivered. ( strikingly modifies the adjective "convincing" or " the verb " delivered")
2. That was a striking convincing argument that the speaker delivered. ( striking modifies the noun " argument" )

Am I right?

Freeguy said:

Based on your claims my dear friends these two sentences could be correct :

1. That was a strikingly convincing argument that the speaker delivered. ( strikingly modifies the adjective "convincing" or " the verb " delivered")
2. That was a striking convincing argument that the speaker delivered. ( striking modifies the noun " argument" )

Am I right?

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You have the basic idea. The adverb modifies "convincing," not "delivered."

I still want a comma if you want to use two adjectives like that together.

So, which of them is correct? the first?

Both are possible, depending on what you want to say.