Adjectives are describing words. Adjectives usually go before the nouns they modify (attributive position). They can also go after the verb be (predicative position). Note that most adjectives can go in both positions. Study the example sentences given below. The flowers are red. (Predicative position) These are red flowers. (Attributive position) The car is expensive. [...]
Different kinds of words go in different positions in a sentence. For example, nouns usually go at the beginning of a sentence. Adjectives usually go before nouns. They can also go after verbs. Nouns, too, can go after verbs. The main factor that determines the position of a word is its function.
Adjectives usually go before the nouns they modify. She is a nice girl. (Here the adjective nice modifies the noun girl and goes before it.) He is an intelligent boy. That was a clever idea. When two or more adjectives come before a noun, they are usually separated by commas. A large, round table A [...]
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Attributive adjectives after nouns
Most adjectives can go in two main places in a sentence: in attributive position and predicative position. In attributive position, an adjective comes before the noun it modifies. She is a nice girl. She married a rich businessman. In predicative position, an adjective goes after the verb. She is nice. He looked upset. While attributive
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