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As described in the article The Functions of Adjectives and Adjective Phrases in English, prototypical English adjectives and adjective phrases can perform four grammatical functions: adjective phrase head, noun phrase modifier, subject complement, and object complement.
The article English Adjectives and Adjective Phrases: The Three Main Functions of Adjectives in the English Language explains three [...]]]></description>
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<p>As described in the article <a href="http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/33176.aspx">The Functions of Adjectives and Adjective Phrases in English</a>, prototypical English adjectives and adjective phrases can perform four grammatical functions: adjective phrase head, noun phrase modifier, subject complement, and object complement.</p>
<p>The article <a href="http://languagestudy.suite101.com/article.cfm/english_adjectives_and_adjective_phrases">English Adjectives and Adjective Phrases: The Three Main Functions of Adjectives in the English Language</a> explains three grammatical functions of prototypical adjective phrases in English: noun phrase modifier, predicate adjective, and object complement.</p>
<p>As described in the article <a href="http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/41035.aspx">Adjectives in English that Function Only Predicatively</a>, some English adjectives can function only predicatively as subject complements and object complements.</p>
<p><strong>Adjective Clauses</strong></p>
<p>As described in the article <a href="http://languagestudy.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_forms_and_functions_of_clauses_in_english">The Forms and Functions of Clauses in English: Verb Clauses, Noun Clauses, Adjective Clauses, and Adverb Clauses</a>, adjective, or relative, clauses perform the grammatical function of noun phrase modifier in English grammar.</p>
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