When can a noun function as an adjective?

Answer 1

No.

A noun describes a person, place, thing or nameable concept. (John, Vancouver, dog, liberty)

A pronoun takes the place of a noun (I, you, me, he, she, it, him, her, them etc.)

An Adjective adds a quality to a noun or a pronoun (green, yellow, hot, cold, big, small)

Answer 2

Nouns that function as adjectives (nouns that describe other nouns) are called attributivenouns. Examples:

• arrow tip
• boy band
• church pew
• dirt bike
• ranch dressing
• turtle pace

Answer 3

A noun that functions as an adjective to describe another noun is called an attributive noun. . Examples:

• almond cookies
• school building
• road sign
• computer keyboard
• ranch dressing
• shoe size

Answer 4

The pronouns that function as adjectives are the possessive adjectives.

A possessive adjective is placed before a noun to describe that noun as belonging to a specific person or thing.

The possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, their, its.

Example: My mother will call your mother to discuss our plan.

An interrogative pronoun, which is also a relative pronoun, is placed before a noun functioning as an adjective to describe a noun is: whose.

Examples

interrogative pronoun: Whose idea was this?

relative pronoun: Marcy, whose idea it was, said she'd clean up the mess.

The demonstrative pronouns function as a adjectives when placed before a noun to describe that noun:

The demonstrative pronouns are: this, that, these, those.

Some of the indefinite pronouns function as a adjectives when placed before a noun to describe that noun:

The indefinite pronouns that can function as adjectives are: all, another, any, both, each, either, enough, few, fewer, less, little, many, more, most, much, neither, one, other, several, some, such.

The difference in function as a pronoun or an adjective is based on:

• a pronoun takes the place of a noun in a sentence.
• an adjective is placed before a noun to describe the noun.

Examples

demonstrative pronoun: These are mother's favorite flowers.

adjective: These flowers are mother's favorite.

indefinite pronoun: You may have some, there is more in the kitchen.

adjective: You may have some chicken, there is more food in the kitchen.

Answer 5

No, a noun is a word for person, place, thing or idea.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

Examples:

You have a nice smile. (the adjective 'nice' describes the noun 'smile')

I would love a cup of hot tea. (the adjective 'hot' describes the noun 'tea')

The bus is late. (the adjective 'late' describes the noun 'bus' as a predicate adjective following a linking verb)

Answer 6

No. An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun.

Example: Tiger Woods is the most attractive man in the world.

"Attractive" is the adjective describing the noun, "man."

Answer 7

No. adjectives describe a noun or pronoun, so it cannot replace it.