Most adjectives occur in two positions: before a noun and after a linking verb. The black coat is mine. My coat is black. Attributive adjectives, however, only occur before a noun. His elder brother is here. His brother is elder. I saw a drunken sailor. He was drunken. Thus, elder and drunken are attributive adjectives. Predicative adjectives, on the other hand, only occur after linking verbs. The snake was alive. I saw an alive snake. The adjective alive is a predicative adjective.
Yes, it is. An adjective is a word that describes a noun-- it gives us more information about a person, place, or thing: Note that the American spelling is "moldy" and the British spelling is "mouldy." In a sentence: That cheese is moldy (or mouldy).
The word backyard itself is used as an adjunctive noun (not an adjective) when paired with another noun, e.g. backyard barbecue, backyard mechanic. The word backyard is not an attribute in either case.
It can be an adjective. It can also be a verb. For that matter, it can be a noun. What a fortunate child to have such a caring mother. adjective Who is caring for the planet? verb Caring is a valued attribute of good friends. noun
Adjectives are words that are used to DECRIBE or modify nouns and pronouns. Basically, you don't have to say descriptive adjectives anymore because adjective itself means describing words. Examples: beautiful ugly dark bright
A descriptive adjective tells something about the appearance or nature of the noun it modifies.(e.g. orange handle, fresh water, crispcarrots)
Attribute ,
It is adjective as it describe attribute of something.
An adjective describes an attribute of a noun. For example: a sweet sherry, a red car, etc.
Yes, it's an adjective (an Attribute).
Accountable means to be responsible. Accountable also means understandable. The word is an adjective. An adjective is a word that adds attribute to a noun.
The determiner is an important noun modifier which contextualizes a noun. An adjective is a word that expresses an attribute of something.
No, it is a characteristic or defining attribute. Adjectives may have the same spelling as nouns that represent things.
The abstract noun form of the adjective 'clever' is cleverness, a word for a quality or an attribute.
No, property is not an adjective. To check if something is an adjective, use it to describe something. For example, in the sentence "The plant is huge," "huge" is the adjective. You cannot use "property" to describe something. Thus, property is a noun.
Adjectives describe something. An example is "The shy girl went to school." Shy is the adjective because it is describing the girl.
"Unchallenged" is an adjective. It describes a noun by expressing a quality or attribute.
No, it is a characteristic or defining attribute. Adjectives may have the same spelling as nouns that represent things.