Editing Adjective (section)

{{Short description|Part of speech that defines a noun or pronoun}}
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An '''adjective''' ([[abbreviations|abbreviated]] {{sc|'''ADJ'''}}) is a word that describes or defines a [[noun]] or [[noun phrase]]. Its semantic role is to change information given by the noun.

Traditionally, adjectives are considered one of the main [[part of speech|parts of speech]] of the English language, although historically they were classed together with [[Noun|nouns]].<ref name="Trask">{{Cite book |last=Trask |first=R.L. |author-link=Larry Trask |title=A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics |date=2013 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-134-88420-9 |page=188}}</ref> Nowadays, certain words that usually had been classified as adjectives, including ''the'', ''this'', ''my'', etc., typically are classed separately, as [[Determiner (class)|determiners]].

Examples:

* That's a ''funny'' idea. (Prepositive [[attributive]])
* That idea is ''funny''. ([[Predicate (grammar)|Predicative]])
* {{nowrap|Tell me something ''funny''. ([[postpositive adjective|Postpositive]] attributive)}}
* The ''good'', the ''bad'', and the ''funny''. ([[Substantive adjective|Substantive]])
* [[Clara Oswald]], completely ''fictional'', died three times. ([[Apposition|Appositive]])