adjective phrase

noun

, Grammar.

1. a group of words including an adjective and its complements or modifiers that functions as an adjective, as too openly critical in His latest article is too openly critical of the administration.

Example Sentences

A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

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In balanced sentences one part is balanced against another,—a noun and a noun, an adjective and an adjective, phrase and phrase.

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Do not use a plural verb after a singular subject modified by an adjective phrase; as, The thief, with all his booty, was captured.

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To compel a pupil to wade through a page or two of such bewildering terms as "complex adverbial element of the second class" and "compound prepositional adjective phrase," in order to comprehend a few simple functions, is grossly unjust; it is a substitution of form for content, of words for ideas.

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A phrase that does the work of an adjective is called an +Adjective Phrase+.

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