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MODIFICATION

NOUN MODIFIERS

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A modifier in linguistics is a

word (adjective, adverb, noun)

or a phrase that specifies

the meaning of another word or

phrase by giving more details

and information about it.

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A shirt

A red shirt (adjective)

Speak

Speak quietly (adverb)

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Students

The students in the first

row (phrase)

Chocolate

Milk chocolate (noun)

red, an adjective

quietly, an adverb

in the first row, a phrase

milk, a noun

are modifiers: they modify

the basic idea we receive

from the noun they

accompany. 5

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Typical of English:

Noun + noun modification

The first noun modifies or

describes the second, like

an adjective:

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Noun + noun modification: basic points.

From the grammar book:

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