modifier
From Wiktionary
Pronunciation [change]
- Hyphenation: mod‧i‧fi‧er
Noun [change]
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Singular |
- A modifier describes the qualities or characteristics of a word or phrase. There two types of modifiers in English, adjectives and adverbs.
- The word black is the modifier in the phrase "a black cat".
- The word quickly is the modifier in the phrase "he quickly arrived".
| Grammar (edit) | |
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| parts of speech | noun - verb - adjective - adverb - determinative/determiner - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection |
| grammatical functions | head - subject - predicate - object - complement - modifier - adjunct - determiner/specifier |
| clauses | independent clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause |
