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Grammatical Functions of English Adjectives,

Adjective Phrases and Adjectives Clauses
Adjectives in English are traditionally defined as "words that describe
nouns and pronouns."
Adjective phrases are formed by an adjective and any modifiers of
complements including adverbs and prepositional phrases. Adjectives
and adjective phrases perform four grammatical functions in the English
language. The four functions are:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Adjective phrase head

Noun phrase modifier
Subject complement
Object complement

1. Adjective Phrase Head

Adjective phrase heads are words that function as the heads of adjective
phrases. An adjective phrase consists of an adjective plus any modifiers
and complements.

A fat dog chased the girl.

The movie was not too terribly long.

A person smarter than me needs to figure this out.

2. Noun Phrase Modifier
Adjectives and adjective phrases secondly function as noun phrase
modifiers. A noun phrase modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that
describes a noun or noun phrase. The following italicized adjectives are
examples of noun phrase modifiers:

The black cat drank the fresh cream.

Finals week results in stressful days for students.

Other grammatical forms that perform the function of noun phrase

modifier in English include prepositional phrases, verb phrases, adjective
clauses, and noun clauses.
3. Subject Complement
A subject complement is a word, phrase, or clause that follows a linking
verb and describes the subject. The following italicized adjective phrases
are examples of subject complements:

Christmas cookies smell delicious.

The patient appears dehydrated and feverish.

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The apple pie you made tastes sour.

Adjectives that perform the function of subject complement are also

referred to as predicate adjectives.
4. Object Complement
An object complement is a word, phrase, or clause that directly follows
and describes the direct object. The following italicized adjective phrases
are examples of object complements:

The little girl painted her bedroom bright pink.

The jury declared the defendant guilty.
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5. Appositives

An appositive is a word, phrase, or clause that supports another word,

phrase, or clause by describing or modifying the other word, phrase, or
clause.

The man, hungry and exhausted, fainted.

Aware of the situation, the man called for emergency services.

The fire, warm and inviting, burned brightly in the dark night.

A stranger, rich and kind, paid for my dinner.

An adjective clause: A dependent clause that functions as an adjective

Adjective clauses do not change the basic meaning of the sentence. It
will meet three requirements:

First, it will contain a subject and verb.

Next, it will begin with a relative pronoun [who, whom, whose,

that, or which] or a relative adverb [when, where, or why].

Finally, it will function as an adjective, answering the questions

What kind? How many? or Which one?

The adjective clause will follow one of these two patterns:

Relative Pronoun or Adverb + Subject + Verb

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Relative Pronoun as Subject + Verb

Examples:
Pizza, which most people love, is not very healthy.
The people whose names are on the list will go to camp.
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