+DEFINITIONS+.
+An _Adjective_ is a word used to modify a noun or a pronoun+.[Footnote:
Pronouns, like nouns, are often modified by an "appositive" adjective, that
is, an adjective joined loosely without restricting: thus--_Faint_ and
_weary_, _he_ struggled on or, _He_, _faint_ and _weary_, struggled on.
Adjectives that complete the predicate belong as freely to pronouns as to
nouns.]
+A _Descriptive Adjective_ is one that modifies by expressing quality+.
+A _Definitive Adjective_ is one that modifies by pointing out, numbering,
or denoting quantity+.[Footnote: The definitive adjectives _one_, _two_,
_three_, etc.; _first_, _second_, _third_, etc. are called +Numeral+
adjectives. _One_, _two_, _three_, etc. are called +Cardinal+ numerals; and
_first_, _second_, _third_--etc. are called +Ordinal+ numerals]
The definitive adjectives _an_ or _a_ and _the_ are commonly called
+Articles+. _An_ or _a_ is called the _Indefinite Article_, and _the_ is
called the _Definite Article_.
A noun may take the place of an adjective.
+Examples+.--_London_ journals, the _New York_ press, _silver_ spoons,
_diamond_ pin, _state_ papers, _gold_ bracelet.
+Direction+.--_Point out the descriptive and the definitive adjectives
below, and name such as do not limit_:--
Able statesmen, much rain, ten mice, brass kettle, small grains, Mansard
roof, some feeling, all men, hundredth anniversary, the Pitt diamond, the
patient Hannibal, little thread, crushing argument, moving spectacle, the
martyr president, tin pans, few people, less trouble, this toy, any book,
brave Washington, Washington market, three cats, slender cord, that libel,
happy children, the broad Atlantic, The huge clouds were dark and
threatening, Eyes are bright, What name was given? Which book is wanted?
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