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American Literature
Qualifiers
A qualifier decrease or increase the quality signified by the adjectives and adverbs they modify (more colorful).
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Example of Qualifiers |
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| very | so | pretty |
| quite | just | even |
| rather | enough | a bit |
| somewhat | still | a little |
| more | almost | a (whole) lot |
| most | fairly | a good deal |
| less | really | a great deal |
| least | kind of | |
| too | sort of | |
| Rules: | A qualifier usually precedes adjectives or adverbs, decreasing or increasing the quality signified by the words they modify (more colorful). |
| Tests | The
handsome man seems __________________ handsome.
very |
