Often used in grammar explanations or when analyzing sentence structure. When dissecting the sentence, the teacher pointed out the adjectival elements.
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Identifying Function
Helps to spot words that describe nouns, even if they're not typical adjectives. In 'the rising sun', 'rising' is an adjectival function word.
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Descriptive Quality
Implies that a word, phrase, or clause gives more information about a noun. The phrase 'with a loud noise' has an adjectival quality in 'the car with a loud noise'.