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No, adjectives can be used to describe nouns, pronouns, and noun phrases.
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What would be 5 nouns to describe a triangle?
Nouns are not describing words. The word triangle is a noun. Adjectives are used to describe noun. Some adjectives that describe a triangle are:equilateralscaleneisoscelesacuteobtuse
Are adjectives used before nouns?
Yes, in English adjectives usually come just before the noun they describe.However, this is not always true, especially in creative writing, e.g. "the house came into view, dark and desolate in the dim light of dusk," where some of the adjectives are in a following clause (the words 'and it was' are omitted).
What type of word could modify these words path computer and bicycle?
The words 'path', 'computer', and 'bicycle' are nouns. The words to describe nouns are adjectives. Examples:a long patha new computera broken bicycleAnother type of word used to describe nouns are other nouns. Nouns used as adjectives are called an attributive nouns. Examples:a dirt pathan Apple computeran aluminum bicycle
What kind of clause modifies nouns or pronouns?
Articles, adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and pronouns can be used to modify a noun.The articles are:DEFINITE ARTICLE: the (used to identify a specific noun)INDEFINITE ARTICLES: a (used before a noun starting with a consonant sound), an (used before a noun starting with a vowel sound)ADJECTIVES: An adjective describes or qualifies a noun (a big dog, a small dog); adjectives are used before the noun or after the verb (This is an easy subject. or This is hard.); two or more adjectives can be used together (a beautiful, young lady). There are hundreds of adjectives, some samples are: happy, sad, green, white, special, somber, chewy, dark, heavy, sweet, lucky, wonderful, etc.ADVERBS: An adverb, which is used to modify verbs, can also modify adjectives, which is additional information about a noun; for example a very happy birthday, his frequentlylong speeches, a simply delicious dish, etc.NOUNS used as adjectives (called attributive nouns), for example horse farm, almond cookies, circusclown, ranch dressing, etc.The modifying pronouns are:POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES, my, your, his, her, its, our, their.DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS, this, that, these, those, the former, etc.DISTRIBUTIVE PRONOUNS, each, either, none, neither, etc.NUMERAL PRONOUNS, some, any, few, many, none, all, etc.ADDITIONALLY: A predicate nominative or a predicate adjective restates a noun following a linking verb or the object of a verb, telling something about the noun.
What kind of adjectives can you use for a noun for a chair?
You can't use adjectives as nouns; a noun is a word for a person place or thing, and adjectives are used to describe nouns. There is one word that is both a noun and an adjective that you could use for the noun chair: It is an antique or it is an antique chair.
Can an adverb modify a noun?
No. Only adjectives modify nouns and pronouns.Some words, such as fast, most, and clean, can be either an adjective or an adverb, depending on how they are used. If they refer to nouns, they are being used as adjectives.
Can an adjectives be pluarl?
No. Adjectives are normally undeclinable. They may take a plural form only when used as nouns, as in the sentence: The reds outnumber the blues.
Why do you use the word an in front of the word apple?
"An" is the indefinite article used before singular nouns/adjectives beginning with vowels. "A" is the indefinite article used before singular nouns/adjectives beginning with consonants. A cookie A helmet A hot ticket An eagle An orang-u-tan An outrageous example.
Can holidays be used as adjectives?
Holidays are days, and days are nouns. So no, holidays can't be used as adjectives.
Every is a singular or plural word?
Every is an adjective and adjectives don't have plural forms. The words plural or singular are only used to describe nouns, not adjectives.
Are determined and thoughtful adjectives?
Yes, both words are adjectives (words used to describe nouns).
What are the differences of an Adjective and an Adverb?
Adjectives are used to describe nouns. Adverbs are used to describe verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.
What would be 5 nouns to describe a triangle?
Nouns are not describing words. The word triangle is a noun. Adjectives are used to describe noun. Some adjectives that describe a triangle are:equilateralscaleneisoscelesacuteobtuse
Are adjectives used before nouns?
Yes, in English adjectives usually come just before the noun they describe.However, this is not always true, especially in creative writing, e.g. "the house came into view, dark and desolate in the dim light of dusk," where some of the adjectives are in a following clause (the words 'and it was' are omitted).
The most common used parts of speech?
verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives
Is fifty an adjective?
Numbers are adjectives when used with nouns (fifty people, fifty boys). They cab also be nouns and pronouns.
Verbals used only as adjectives are?
Verbals used only as adjectives are participles.
