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zarkam21 (zarkam21):

What is the adjective in the following sentence? The yellow sun hung brightly in the sky. a. Brightly b. Sun c. Yellow d. Hung

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A

zarkam21 (zarkam21):

IDK cause i listened to you last time and got a 54 on my quiz

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The part of speech that modifies a noun or other substantive by limiting, qualifying, or specifying and distinguished in English morphologically by one of several suffixes, such as -able, -ous, -er, and -est, or syntactically by position directly preceding a noun or nominal phrase.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

therefore it would be brightly

OpenStudy (anonymous):

an adjective is a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

zarkam21 (zarkam21):

I mean both a and c are describing words

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You're right, a and c are both describing words, but one is related to a noun. One modifies the word "sun"

zarkam21 (zarkam21):

Yellow ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes, good job

zarkam21 (zarkam21):

Thanks alot

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no problem

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