Adjective of Quantity or Numeric Adjective

Adjectives are used in the sentence to define nouns as well as characterize them to differentiate from other nouns. Adjectives are words that describe the kind of noun, its state, quality, quantity, amount, etc in the sentence. It does not provide exact number of noun however tell only amount. It indicates ‘how much’ noun is there in the sentence. For example:

·         He is so

·         He has many

·         She is very poor

·         He has enough money to start business.

·         Employees have completed most of the tasks.

In the above sentences, so, many, very, enough and most words are adjective of quantity as they are showing the amount of noun.

Adjectives of quantity are generally used when we do not require denoting the exact number of noun such as number of hairs, number of rice grains, number of sugar crystals in a packet or spoon, etc. Sometimes, some of the indefinite numeral adjectives are considered as adjectives of quantity. You can see the difference through the following sentences:

·         She has bought some

·         He has bought some

Ø  If there is need to use all the adjectives in a sentence, we should use them in the proper order such as quantity, quality, size, and age of the noun. After that, we can use shape and color of the noun. We should use all the adjectives as per the availability and requirement of the noun or pronoun description in a sentence.

Ø  If there is occurrence of more than one adjectives of same type in a sentence, we separate them with a ‘comma’ or ‘and’ is used between the last two. Do not place comma in between the noun and adjective.

List of Adjectives of Quantity:

Adjectives of quantity help us in describing nouns especially when they do not require the exact number. Below is the list of commonly used adjectives of quantity:

·         Any: is generally used in the negative and interrogative kind of sentences.

·         Some: it is generally used in the affirmative sentences.

·         Little: means ‘hardly any’ or ‘very small quantity’ and generally used with the singular uncountable nouns.

·         Double: means two but not clearly states two in number.

·         Substantial: means something in bulk

·         Enough: it is used as both, adverb and adjective. As an adjective, it is used before the noun and as an adverb it is used after the noun.