Graded and ungraded adjectives
Part 3: Patterns of graded adjectives
Graded adjectives have the following patterns.Pattern 1: adv ADJ
Pattern 2: adv ADJ n
Pattern 3: as ADJ as n/-ing
Pattern 4: as ADJ as adj/adv
Pattern 5: as ADJ as num/amount
Pattern 6: as ADJ as cl
Pattern 7: ADJ enough
Pattern 8: ADJ enough to-inf
Pattern 9: ADJ enough for n
Pattern 10: ADJ enough for n to-inf
Pattern 11: ADJ enough that
Pattern 12: ADJ enough n
Pattern 13: ADJ enough n to-inf
Pattern 14: ADJ enough n for n
Pattern 15: ADJ enough n for n to-inf
Pattern 16: ADJ enough n that
Pattern 17: how ADJ
Pattern 18: how ADJ v-link n
Pattern 19: how ADJ n v-link
Pattern 20: how ADJ it v-link that
Pattern 21: how ADJ it v-link to-inf
Pattern 22: how ADJ cl
Pattern 23: how ADJ a n cl
Pattern 24: however ADJ
Pattern 25: however ADJ n
Pattern 26: however ADJ n v-link
Pattern 27: so ADJ that
Pattern 28: so ADJ as to inf
Pattern 29: such a ADJ n that, such ADJ n that
Pattern 30: too ADJ to-inf
Pattern 31: too ADJ for n
Pattern 32: too ADJ for n to-inf