144. Care is needed, in studying these last-named words, to
distinguish between a participle that forms part of a verb, and a
participle or participial adjective that belongs to a noun.

For instance: in the sentence, "The work was well and rapidly
accomplished," _was accomplished_ is a verb; in this, "No man of his
day was more brilliant or more accomplished," _was_ is the verb, and
_accomplished_ is an adjective.



Exercises.

1. Bring up sentences with twenty descriptive adjectives, having some
of each subclass named in Sec. 143.

2. Is the italicized word an adjective in this?--

The old sources of intellectual excitement seem to be well-nigh
_exhausted_.



ADJECTIVES OF QUANTITY.


145. Adjectives of quantity tell _how much_ or _how many_. They have
these three subdivisions:--