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An '''adjective''' modifies a [[noun]] or a [[pronoun]] by describing, identifying, or quantifying [[word]]s. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies. In the following examples, the italicized words are adjectives:
An '''adjective''' modifies a [[noun]] or a [[pronoun]] by describing, identifying, or quantifying them. An adjective may be [[predicate]] or attributive. The predicate adjective appears in the predicate of the sentence to modify the subject and in many languages is linked to the subject by a [[verb]] such as "to be or "to become": "The house is large." The attributive adjective appears in the same part of the sentence as the noun or pronoun that it modifies: "We saw the large house."
"Receiving Jesus Christ as Savior is the most ''important'' act you or anyone else will ever do."
In the following examples, the italicized words are adjectives:
"God becomes ''very'' angry when you use His name is vain."
"Suicide is a ''mortal'' sin."
*"Receiving Jesus Christ as Savior is the most ''important'' act you or anyone else will ever do."
*"God becomes very ''angry'' when you use His name is vain."
*"Suicide is a ''mortal'' sin."
In the second example, "angry" is used as a predicate adjective. In the other examples, the adjectives are attributive adjectives.
In some languages, such as [[English]], an attributive adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies. In other languages, such as [[Spanish]], attributive adjectives typically follow the nouns.
Another difference among languages is adjective-noun agreement. In English, adjectives do not agree with their nouns in [[number (grammar)|number]], [[grammatical case|case]] or [[grammar|gender]]. In [[Russian language|Russian]], by contrast, adjectives agree with their nouns in number, case, and gender, and there are separate grammatical endings for predicate and attributive adjectives.
Not all languages have a separate functional category of adjectives. In languages that do not, an adjective (e.g., "large") may function as a type of noun ("a large thing") or verb ("to be large"). In the latter case, the predicate adjective is a finite form of the verb ("The house large-is"), while the attributive adjective is a [[participle]] ("the large-being house").
An adjective can be modified by an [[adverb]], or by a phrase or clause functioning as an adverb.
An adjective can be modified by an [[adverb]], or by a phrase or clause functioning as an adverb.
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==External links==
*[http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/adjAdv.asp Adjectives and Adverbs] and [http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/adjectives_and_adverbs_1.asp Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz]
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[[Category:Parts of Speech]]