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→Intensifiers: adverbs can modify verbs and adjectives
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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 | * intensifiers are adverbs (which modify verbs and adjectives), such as "he ran very fast" or "he was very late" | ||
* intensifiers can also act as adjectives in order to intensify an noun, | |||
* | ** as in "a total lie" | ||
* types of intensifiers: | * types of intensifiers: | ||
** positive intensifiers: | ** positive intensifiers: | ||