Amplifiers. → Inherent adjectives are adjectives that show the quality of a noun. For example: an old man, an ugly painting → Non-inherent adjectives are adjectives that do not show the quality of a noun in the same way as the inherent adjectives. For example: Heavy smoker, distant relatives, an old friend. → Downtoners. For example: slight effort, feeble joke. Restrictive adjective is an adjective clause that cannot be separated from the main clause without the sentence changing its meaning. For example: I refuse to live in any house that Tom built. An older person who dresses like a teenager is often ridiculed. Adjectives related to adverbs are non-inherent, neither restrictive or intensifying. For example: a former friend, past students, present king.
inherent and denote a high or extreme degree: a complete victory ~ The victory was complete. Great destruction ~ The destruction was great. On the other hand, when they are noninherent, amplifiers are attributive only: a complete fool *The fool is complete firm friend *The friend is firm Amplifiers are only attributive when they are used as emphasizers, conveying principally emphasis rather than degree. c) Downtoners: have a lowering effect. Usually scaling downwards from an assumed norm. They are relatively few (eg: slight in a slight effort, feeble in a feeble joke). Restrictive adjectives: restrict the reference of the noun exclusively, particularly or chiefly. Examples, within noun phases, include: a certain person his chief excuse the principal objection the exact answer the same student the sole argument the only occasion the specific point
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