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See Exercise 7.Defining adjectives can also indicate the method of operation of an object. This is thecase in the following examples.e.g. a steam irona ten·speed bicyclean electric lightDefining adjectives sometimes help to define the object being referred to by indicatingtime or location.e.g. the morning starthe winter termthe front doorthe kitchen windowIn these examples the adjectives morning and winter indicate time, and the adjectivesfront and kitchen indicate location.Defining adjectives are also used in fixed expressions which refer to certain categoriesof people.e.g. a little girla baby boyan old womanSee Exercise 8.vii. Ordinal adjectivesAttributive adjectives such as next, last, first, second, third and so on, are sometimesreferred to as ordinal adjectives, since they indicate the order in which things occur.When they are not followed by commas, ordinal adjectives have the property ofmodifying any following attributive adjectives together with the accompanying noun.For this reason, the position of an ordinal adjective relative to other attributiveadjectives can affect the meaning of a phrase.e.g. the first reluctant witnessthe reluctant first witnessThe two preceding examples have different meanings. In the phrase the first reluctantwitness, the adjective first modifies the followi ng adjective reluctant together withthe noun witness. This means that although there may have been previous witnesses,the phrase refers to the first witness who was reluctant.However, in the phrase the reluctant first witness, the adjective first modifies onlythe noun witness. This means that there were no previous witnesses. The phrase refersto the first witness, indicating that this witness was reluctant.Below is a similar example, giving two phrases with different meanings.e.g. the second unpredictable yearthe unpredictable second yearIn the phrase the second unpredictable year, the adjective second modifies the