Literacy includes not only the placement of periods and commas in the right place, but also the exact use of parts of speech in accordance with the rules of linguistics. The adjective in Russian plays a big role in the formation of phrases and sentences. Their use enriches our speech, makes it more rich and figurative. Probably, there are no adults who do not know what an adjective is. However, there is a lot of interesting information about this morphological unit, which, no doubt, was mentioned in the school curriculum, but could be forgotten over time.
Particle "not" with an adjective
Often there are situations when a word seems to be familiar, but you don't know exactly how to spell it correctly. Such cases include the use of adjectives with "not". Let's consider in what cases it is necessary to write together.
Firstly, the negative particle "not" is written together with adjectives, forms of which without this particle simply do not exist in the modern language. For example, hostile, careless.
Secondly, adjectives are used together with “not”, the meaning of which, when attached to this particle, changes to the word opposite in meaning. It must be remembered that such an adjective can be replaced by a synonym. For example, unmarried - single, and others.
Thirdly, adjectives with "not" are used together with explanatory words expressing degree and measure. For example, a very inappropriate remark.
Separate from "not" adjectives are written in the following cases:
- When used with relative adjectives. At the same time, it is taken into account that such an adjective affirms a negative meaning. For example, the ring is not silver (here it is emphasized that the ring is not made of silver).
- When using adjectives whose short and long forms differ in meaning. Example: not a red tomato - not a red girl.
- When using negative pronouns and adverbs with adjectives, for example, not an old concept, no one knows the story, and so on.
- When using this morphological unit after the word being defined, and the construction has a meaning close to a participle turnover. For example, organizations not subordinated.
When writing adjectives with the particle "not", you should pay attention to the sentence in which they are used. So, the same word can have different spellings depending on the role played by this part of speech. For example, this person is not from here (predicate) - an alien custom(definition).
How to write "nn" or "n"?
It is important to know that adjectives with the suffixes -an-, -yan-, -in- should be written with one "n". Except for the words: glass, pewter and wood.
In adjectives with suffixes -onn-, -enn-, "nn" is used, for example, morning (sun), and others. The exception is windy. However, it should be noted that such an adjective is written with "nn" if it is used with a prefix. For example, leeward, windless.
Some interesting points
During the evolution of the language, some adjectives have become nouns. These include: laundry, hairdresser, pantry and others. In addition, there are a number of words that can act as both parts of speech. These include: sick, familiar, blind and others.
Also, linguists have found that adjectives with unstable stress tend to be pronounced over time with an emphasis on the last syllables. So, earlier such words as "thunder", "day" were used. Now they have been replaced by "day" and "thunder".
As you know, a feature of Russian adjectives is their ability to decline. Unlike them, the adjective in English does not change by gender, number and case, but can form degrees of comparison.
Adjectives take the third place in the language (after verbs and nouns) by their number and importance. Their use gives artistic expressiveness to our speech.
