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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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adjective premodifiers

which are adjective premodifiers
  

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Do you mean adjectives which premodify, like these— a beautiful day, a tall order ? Or do you mean premodifiers of adjectives (which would be adverbs), like these— a very beautiful day, an unusually tall order ?

  • Do you mean adjectives which premodify, like these— a beautiful day, a tall order ?
  • Or do you mean premodifiers of adjectives (which would be adverbs), like these— a very beautiful day, an unusually tall order ?
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Do you mean adjectives which premodify, like these— a beautiful day, a tall order?
Or do you mean premodifiers of adjectives (which would be adverbs), like these— a very beautiful day, an unusually tall order?
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A premodifier is an adjective that is placed before the noun it modifies. For example:

The lazy boys completely neglected their chores.

The word lazy is the adjective that modifies the noun boys. Because the adjective is placed in front of the noun it is called a premodifier. There are also postmodifiers. We use what are called prefixes tha

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