{"id":8409,"date":"2024-03-29T19:27:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T19:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=8409"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:22:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:22:56","slug":"what-are-superlative-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/what-are-superlative-adjectives","title":{"rendered":"What are superlative adjectives?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Adjectives play a crucial role in language and writing. They modify nouns, adding attributes or qualities that define the subject. When writing, it might be important to convey the exceptionality of a subject\u2019s quality or characteristic. You may want to illustrate not just that you ran fast in your competition but you were faster than all your competitors. This is when superlative adjectives come into play, helping us demonstrate when a noun is at the pinnacle of its category. 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