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Definition: Adjectives are words that describe or modify a noun.
- the smart student
- the shy child
- a black car
- a year's pay
- a happy child
- a lucky man
A group of words containing both a subject and verb can also act as an adjective, but as an “Adjective Clause.”
- My brother, who attends UCLA, is an engineer.
Remove the subject and verb from an adjective clause and it becomes an Adjective Phrase.
- He is my teacher that I told you about yesterday.
Position of Adjectives
Unlike Adverbs, which can be placed almost anywhere within a sentences, adjectives almost always appear immediately before the noun they modify. They can also appear as a string of adjectives, and if they do, are in a set order depending on the type.
When indefinite pronouns - such as something, someone, or anybody - are modified by an adjective, the adjective comes after the pronoun:
- Anyone capable of doing something horrible to someone nice should be punished.
Certain adjective phrases also always come after the noun they modify:
- The president elect, heir apparent to the Glitzy fortune, lives in New York.
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