* Predicative Adjectives: Adjectives can describe the subject of a sentence, even if the noun isn't directly next to them. For example:
* "The flowers are beautiful." (Here, "beautiful" describes the subject "flowers".)
* Absolute Phrases: Adjectives can be part of an absolute phrase, which modifies the whole sentence or a clause. For example:
* "Tired from the long drive, they decided to rest." (The adjective "tired" modifies the entire clause.)
* Adjectival Phrases: Adjectives can be part of longer phrases that act as modifiers. For example:
* "The brightly colored flowers were a sight to behold." (The adjective "brightly colored" is part of a phrase that modifies "flowers").
However, most of the time, adjectives *do* modify nouns directly, which is called the attributive use of adjectives. This is the most common way to use adjectives.
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