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Is Other considered an adjective?
Like many English words, other possesses great flexibility in meaning and function. Over the past few centuries, it has served as an adjective, an adverb, a noun, and a pronoun.
What kind of word is others?
Other people.
Is other an adjective of number?
These refer to definite amounts of things. These are adjectives that refer to an indefinite amount of something that can be counted: some, all, many, any, few, no, several, etc. But, they are adjectives of number when they refer to items that can be counted (i.e. some crackers, many chocolates, no people).
What type adjective is this?
Demonstrative adjectives include the words: this, that, these, those. A demonstrative pronoun works alone and does not precede a noun, but a demonstrative adjective always comes before the word it modifies.
What type of pronoun is other?
Other Types of Pronoun
| Pronoun Type | Members of the Subclass |
|---|---|
| Reciprocal | each other, one another |
| Relative | that, which, who, whose, whom, where, when |
| Demonstrative | this, that, these, those |
| Interrogative | who, what, why, where, when, whatever |
Is other a preposition?
The word ‘other’ does not function as a preposition. Instead, it functions mostly as an adjective (which is a word that describes a noun) or a noun…
Is a possessive adjective?
The possessive adjectives are my, your, his, her, its, our, their, and whose. A possessive adjective sits before a noun (or a pronoun) to show who or what owns it.
What is a quantitative adjective?
Definition of Quantitative Adjective: A word that modifies a noun by indicating a number/quantity is called a quantitative adjective. It can be either cardinal or ordinal number.
What are the 6 types of adjectives?
Types of Adjectives
- (1) Descriptive Adjective or attributive adjective.
- (3) Numeral adjective.
- (5) Distributive Adjective.
- (6) Interrogative Adjective.
What type of part of speech is the word other?
Other can be a determiner, an adverb, a conjunction, a noun or an adjective.