I'm Alice Bryant.

On a recent program, I introduced extreme adjectives, words that have the meaning extremely plus adjectives.

For example, huge means extremely large and excellent means extremely good.

Today.

Let's talk about two rules to follow with these adjectives.

The first is that we avoid putting most of them in comparative or superlative form.

Take the adjective.

Huge native speakers do not say this box is more huge than that box.

The adjective excellent is another example.

We do not say that is the most excellent program on television.

But over the years, spoken English has influenced grammar rules, so you might hear some extreme adjectives in comparative or superlative form.

Now, on to the second rule, many adverbs express how much of equality something has.

These include a bit kind of very, fairly, extremely and others, but with extreme adjectives, we often avoid these adverbs.

It might sound strange to say this her food is fairly delicious, yet we do sometimes use other adverbs with extreme adjectives for stronger emphasis.

Generally, they express the meaning of totality.

Some examples include totally, completely and absolutely listen to a few examples.

I am totally exhausted the rug looks completely filthy.

It's important to note again that there are exceptions to these rules.

You can read about them in our longer written program, and that's everyday grammar.