adjective phrase

American  

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.

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

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Of introduces the first phrase, and note is the principal word; the and musical are modifiers of note; upon introduces the second phrase, and rapidity is the principal word; the and the adjective phrase of vibration are modifiers of rapidity; of introduces this phrase, and vibration is the principal word.

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