Adjectives

Adjectives modify (describe or limit) nouns. Qualifying adjectives describe some quality of the noun in question (red book, magnificent view). Quantifying adjectives and determiners limit the type or number of noun (two oranges, this house). Attributive adjectives precede the noun they modify; predicate adjectives are found after a linking verb. In the sentence The ugly dog was sad, ugly is an attributive adjective and sad is a predicate adjective.