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The use of "?" Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:09 am  The use of "?"
 

Hi

Could you please tell me if the following sentence seems OK without the use of the question mark? I have been using colon instead of the question mark. What is your opinion here?

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Could you please tell me the difference between:

"Non-gradable adjective" and "Gradable adjective"

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The use of "?" Sat Jan 13, 2007 22:36 pm  The use of "?"
 

A colon doesn't replace a question mark, Tom. In your example, I'd leave out the colon and add a question mark at the end of the sentence, i.e. after 'adjective'.
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The use of "?" Sat Jan 13, 2007 23:25 pm  The use of "?"
 

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Could you please tell me the difference between "Non-gradable adjective" and "Gradable adjective"?
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The use of "?" Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:03 am  The use of "?"
 

Gradable adjectives can be modified by degree adverbs such as "very" , "so" and "extremeley".
They can also be used in comparatives and superlatives, e.g. "small/the smallest" , "mor expensive/the most expensive".
This type of adjectives describes qualities that can be measured in degrees, such as size, beauty, age,etc.
Here are some examples with gradable adverbs:
It is a very important question.
This is room is a quite good.

Non-gradable adjectives cannot be used in comparative and superlative forms, and cannot be used with adverbs such as "very" or "extremely".
Example:
It's impossible to swim in the ocean.
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The use of "?" Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:06 am  The use of "?"
 

Just to correct something - it's a misprint.
quite good not a quite good
This room is quite good.
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The use of "?" Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:07 am  The use of "?"
 

This room is quite good.
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