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* enhance or strengthen the meaning of a word | * enhance or strengthen the meaning of a word | ||
** (opposite of qualifiers which limit the meaning of a word) | ** (opposite of qualifiers which limit the meaning of a word) | ||
* intensifiers are either | |||
** adverbs (modify verbs, as in "ran really fast") | |||
** adjectives (intensify an noun, as in "a total lie" | |||
*** note that the intensifier "very" is not used to modify an | |||
* types of intensifiers: | * types of intensifiers: | ||
** positive intensifiers: | ** positive intensifiers: | ||
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** [https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/modifiers Walden.edu Modifiers ] | ** [https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/modifiers Walden.edu Modifiers ] | ||
** [https://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/modifiers-intensifiers-qualifiers/ My English Teacher] | ** [https://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/modifiers-intensifiers-qualifiers/ My English Teacher] | ||
** [[https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar-reference/intensifiers Intensifiers (Britishcouncil.org)]] | |||
== Sentence Diagramming == | == Sentence Diagramming == | ||