Error Related to Adjectives In a Sentence

Adjectives are words that describe nouns and pronouns. There can be more than one error in terms of misplacing these words in a sentence. Let us learn about them in detail.

Adjectives

An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun in a sentence. You can have more than one adjective that describes a noun. For example, the big brown fox. Big and brown are adjectives that are telling us more about the fox. 

There are types of adjectives: interrogative, proper, demonstrative, quantitative, and descriptive. All adjectives fall under one type of adjective. Comparison of adjectives is the degree of an adjective. They are just three: the positive which is the adjective, the comparative that compares two things or people, and the superlative that compares three things or people.

Examples of adjectives are beautiful, tall, large, far, seven, good, honest, hardworking, and so on.

Errors Related to Adjectives In a Sentence

There are some errors people make when using adjectives. They are:

1. Use of double comparatives

This is a very common mistake that most people make when writing or speaking. Remember that in comparison to adjectives, you have three formats. You can use the suffix -er or -est, you can use more or most or it can be an irregular adjective with its format. You should never use two or three of these formats at a time. To avoid this error make sure you study the comparison of adjectives and know when to use them. Here are some examples:

Incorrect: He is more better than his brother at plating the piano

Correct: He is better than his brother at playing the piano

Incorrect: the more faster always wins the race.

Correct: the fastest runner always wins the race

Incorrect: Sean is more   than all his classmates

Correct: Sean is more brilliant than his classmates

Incorrect: the girl is more shyer than I expected

Correct: the girl is shyer than I expected

Incorrect: the teacher is the most baddest teacher in the whole school.

Correct: the teacher is the worst  in the whole school

2. Misusing comparative

This is very common too. Many people mix up the degree of the adjective and then they end up using the wrong one. This is very common with much and many, and farther and further.

1. Much and many

Much

Much is used for uncountable nouns like water, sand.

For example,

There is too much sand in the concrete mixture

When you give a plant too much water, you can kill it.

The teacher seems to have too much money on him.

Many 

Many are used for countable nouns like tables, chairs, hospitals, and so on. 

For example,

There are many hospitals in my village

Many are called but few are chosen

Many people volunteered to help find the missing corpse.

The mistake many people make is that they do not know that much and many are just positives. If you are to use them, use them this:

Many

Positive: there are many people at the party

Comparative:there are more people at the gala.

Superlative: most people are in their homes on Saturday night

Much

Positive: there is  so much money in the oil sector of the economy

Comparative: there is more money in teaching

Superlative: the most important aspect of the economy is the textile sector.

1. Farther and further

Farther

This is the comparative degree of the word far. This is used when referring to distance. The superlative is farthest. 

Further is also the comparative degree of the word far. It is used when referring to the depth of a concept or a symbolic distance. 

Here is an example:

He went farther up the road than intended (physical distance)

One of my favorite subjects is Further mathematics (symbolic distance)

3. Using the wrong degree of an adjective

When using a comparison of adjectives, the number of subjects you are comparing is important. If you are comparing two objects then you are to use the comparative. If you are comparing three objects, you are to use the superlative. 

For example,

Incorrect: ibi is the smartest of the two boys

Correct: ibi is the smarter of the two boys

Incorrect: between the two french students, Sean speaks best

Correct: between the two french students, Sean speaks better

Incorrect: shade is the more beautiful girl in the three sisters

Correct: shade is the most beautiful girl in the three sisters

4. Wrong placement of adjectives

Always remember that adjectives tell us more about nouns so they should come before a noun. If you put an adjective after a noun it will be grammatically incorrect. This occurs mostly with the word enough. 

For example,

Incorrect: there is rice enough for every

Correct: there is enough rice for everyone 

Incorrect: how do we know if there are drinks enough?

Correct: how do we know if there are enough drinks?

Incorrect: that is a dog adorable

Correct: that is an adorable dog

Incorrect: I bought a pen fountain

Correct: I bought a fountain pen 

Conclusion

Adjectives are describing words that tell us more about nouns or pronouns in a sentence. Errors related to adjectives in a sentence happen due to the following reasons: misuse of comparatives and superlatives, using the wrong degree of an adjective, wrong placement of adjectives, and use of double comparatives.