Chapter 6: Adjectivals Marsh v. You: May the Best Better Grammarian Win But I am the best. I swear.

Adjectivals Noun Phrases are frequently expanded with modifiers: Adjectives Prepositional Phrases Adjectival Clauses Participial Phrases Infinitive Phrases Nouns

Adjectivals In preheadword position, we use nouns as well as adjectives and single-word participles:

Adjectivals In preheadword position, we use nouns as well as adjectives and single-word participles: We live next door to a grocery store. I drive an old black truck. My broken TV was set out with the garbage.

Adjectivals In preheadword position, we use nouns as well as adjectives and single-word participles: We live next door to a grocery store. I drive an old black truck. My broken TV was set out with the garbage.

Adjectivals In preheadword position, we use nouns as well as adjectives and single-word participles: We live next door to a grocery store. I drive an old black truck. My broken TV was set out with the garbage.

Adjectivals In postheadword position, we use prepositional phrases, participial phrases, and relative clauses: The Keystone Biology Exams on Tuesday will be challenging. The gummy candy melting in Marsh’s drawer is old and stale. This is the class that I dread most.

Adjectivals In postheadword position, we use prepositional phrases, participial phrases, and relative clauses: The Keystone Biology Exams on Tuesday will be challenging. The gummy candy melting in Marsh’s drawer is old and stale. This is the class that I dread most.

Adjectivals In postheadword position, we use prepositional phrases, participial phrases, and relative clauses: The Keystone Biology Exams on Tuesday will be challenging. The gummy candy melting in Marsh’s drawer is old and stale. This is the class that I dread most.

Adjectivals We use the headword to avoid subject/verb agreement errors: The stack of instruction forms was/were misplaced. The complicated instructions on the new income tax form really confuses/confuse me.

Adjectivals We use the headword to avoid subject/verb agreement errors: The stack of instruction forms was/were misplaced. The complicated instructions on the new income tax form really confuses/confuse me.

Adjectivals We use the headword to avoid subject/verb agreement errors: The stack of instruction forms was/were misplaced. The complicated instructions on the new income tax form really confuses/confuse me.

Adjectivals When do we punctuate adjectives?

Adjectivals When do we punctuate adjectives? Alex consulted his little black book of phone numbers for a date for Saturday night. He is a smooth cool player when it comes to the ladies.

Adjectivals When do we punctuate adjectives? Alex consulted his little black book of phone numbers for a date for Saturday night. He is a smooth cool player when it comes to the ladies.

Adjectivals When do we punctuate adjectives? Alex consulted his little black book of phone numbers for a date for Saturday night. He is a smooth, cool player when it comes to the ladies.

Adjectivals When do we punctuate adjectives? his little (and) black book? a smooth (and) cool player?

Adjectivals When do we punctuate adjectives? his little black book a smooth, cool player

Adjectivals Let’s play around a little more with this: Alex consulted his little black book of phone numbers for a date for Saturday night. He is a smooth, cool player when it comes to the ladies.

Adjectivals Let’s play around a little more with this: Alex consulted his little black book of phone numbers for a date for Saturday night, for he is a smooth, cool player when it comes to the ladies.

Adjectivals Let’s play around a little more with this: Alex consulted his little black book of phone numbers for a date for Saturday night, for he is a smooth, cool player when it comes to the ladies. Noun as an Adjectival

Adjectivals Let’s play around a little more with this: Alex consulted his little black book of phone numbers for a date for Saturday night, for he is a smooth, cool player when it comes to the ladies. Noun as an Adjectival (Shall we diagram it?) Do it.