USING DEGREES OF ADVERBS TO DESCRIBE

THINGS

(a bit, really, very, incredibly, absolutely, quite…)

We use degrees of adverbs to give a deeper meaning to the adjectives of the sentence.

It hot here. (We don’t know how hot it is)It is really hot here. (Now that we know)

Times square is absolutely amazing.English weather is a bit cold.She is quite smart.Beijing is incredibly crowded.

Once we add deeper meaning with degrees of adverbs, we can add extra information using “to”

There are so many places to see in New York.

There are extremely huge buildings to see.

New York has surprisingly beautiful natural parks to go jogging and trekking.

The weather is really cold in winter but a bit warm in summer.

•Adjectives describe qualities (characteristics) of nouns. Some qualities can vary in intensity or "grade", for example:-----rather hot, hot, very hot; hot, hotter, the hottestThe adjective hot is gradable.•Other qualities cannot vary in intensity or grade because they are:extremes (for example: freezing)absolutes (for example: dead)classifying (for example: nuclear)The adjectives freezing, dead and nuclear are non-gradable (ungradable).

An ungradable adjective cannot be used with grading adverbs and do not normally have comparative or superlative forms;

Ungradable adjectives are often used alone:It was freezing outside.The dog was dead.However, an ungradable adjective can

be used with "non-grading adverbs" (which usually just give the adjective extra impact), for example:

Her exam results were absolutely awful. She will have to take the exam again.

Some information is taken from: https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adjectives-gradable-non.htm