Term: Resultative Adjective
Definition:
A resultative adjective is an adjective that is placed postpositively (after the noun it modifies) and reflects a change that occurs by action of the verb on the noun. Hence result +ative.
He cooked the meat rare.
She painted the fence white.
She rinsed the glass clean.
See Also: Comparative; Superlative; Predicative Adjective; Attributive Adjective
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Grammar Topic: Adjectives and Adverbs
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Beginner:
- Adjective or Adverb?
- Adjective or Adverb?
- Adjectives- positive & negative
- Adverbs with 2 Forms
- Adverbs- Position in sentence
- All & Every
- Already or Yet
- Early & Soon
- Enough
- Enough & Too
- Enough & Too 2
- Enough- 2
- Ever & Never
- Few & Little
- Few or Little- 2
- Good & Well
- Many or Many of
- Much or Many
- Order of Adjectives
- Too & Enough
- Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Intermediate:
- Adjective + Preposition
- Adjective or Present Participle?
- Adjectives and Adverbs with the same form
- Adjectives ending -ful and -less
- Adjectives ending -ible and -able
- Adjectives ending -ic & -ical
- Adjectives- Order
- Adjectives- Order 2
- Adverbs of degree
- Adverbs with two forms
- Adverbs with two forms
- Adverbs- Position
- All & Whole
- Already or Yet
- Even
- Further & Farther
- Interesting & Interested, etc
- So & Such
- So and Such
- So, Too & Very
- Such & Such a
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