Chapter Summary
Adjectives add color and variety to sentences. Writing would be dull and vague without them. Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns. The various types of adjectives include limiting, descriptive, possessive, proper, and demonstrative. Each of these has a unique purpose.

Most descriptive adjectives have three degrees of comparison-positive, comparative, and superlative. The guidelines that are outlined in this chapter are helpful for forming adjective comparisons.

Nouns and verbs form the core of a sentence; however, as you learn in Chapter 12, a careful selection of appropriate adjectives provides the details that add variety and specificity to make writing more interesting.

For further exploration of the topics covered in Chapter 12, begin by choosing one of the Chapter 12 Student Resources links below.

Online Links

Ergonomics Sites

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/ergonomics/

Ergoweb
http://www.ergoweb.com/

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ergopage.html

Communications Workers of America
http://www.cwa-union.org/osh/

Cumulative Trauma Disorder News
http://www.ctdnews.com/

U.S. Department of Justice, American with Disabilities Act
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

Bonus Exercise

Objective: Identify adjectives.

1. Visit several of the ergonomics sites.
2. Print an article describing computer ergonomics issues.
3. Working from the printout, choose two paragraphs. Underline each adjective.
4. Above each adjective that you underline, indicate whether the adjective is limiting (l), descriptive (d), possessive (po), proper (pr), or demonstrative (dem).
5. Write a paragraph describing an item in computer ergonomics that is new information for you.

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