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A compound subject contains two or more subjects, joined by and, or,

or nor, which share the same verb.


A compound predicate, or compound verb, is the happy issue of two or
more verbs that are joined by and, or, but, yet, or nor, and that
belong to the same subject.
Descriptive adjectives describe a noun or pronoun, stating what kind
of person, place, or thing either one is:
blue blood, bashful poltergeist, portable landscape, inept marauders,
innocent onlooker, Turkish wolfhound, mad tea party, sugar-coated
speech, Italian sports car, Renaissance man, injured appendage,
Shakespearean sonnet, suffering soul, wrong track
He is gorgeous.
This is disgusting.
You're sweet.
It's shaggy.
They're spectacular!
Are you alone?
Limiting adjectives specify, quantify, or identify the noun
presented.
our quesadillas
some hanky-panky
those dirty rats
much reflection
no trouble
little promise
Limiting adjectives take several different forms: possessive,
demonstrative, indefinite, interrogative, and numerical. Definite and
indefinite articles can also be limiting adjectives.
Possessive Adjectives:
my shyness, his standoffishness, her apprehension, our shame, their
greed, your delusions
Demonstrative Adjectives:
this contretemps, those rhapsodies, that samovar, this debutante,
those mastodons, that rat
Indefinite Adjectives:
any provocation
either floor plan

Interrogative Adjectives:
which nodule?
whose xenophobia?
what quirk?
Numerical Adjectives:
one fin, two fangs, six senses, three whiskers, fourth horseman,
seventh afterthought, first bra
Articles:
an Anglophile, the promontory, a zipper, a welcome onslaught, an
aphrodisiac, a codependent guardian angel, the chimera, a feline deus
ex machina, the haunted horse

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