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Tasty Grammar: The Profound

PTOSP Adjectives, Part 6

proper and participial adjectives

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Kevin Kim
Jan 19, 2026
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Let’s talk about proper adjectives and participial adjectives.

Proper Adjectives

Proper adjectives are the adjectival forms of proper nouns. Remember that proper nouns are given names for specific people, animals, things, etc. Dog is a common noun, but Killer is a proper noun for a specific dog.

Let’s say that have a proper noun like Der…

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