Silver maple Sentence Examples

An adjective is a word that describes a noun, so a comparative adjective is a word that describes a noun while also comparing it to something else. Comparative adjectives allow people to use proper English to describe two nouns as they relate to one another.

Which sounds better: "gray three adorable lambs” or "three adorable gray lambs"? English speakers quickly agree that it’s the second one, but why? These adjectives are cumulative adjectives, which set up the order of adjectives that come before a noun — and if they’re out of order, they don’t sound right.