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Adjective: She is a good musician.Adverb: She the flute very well.In the first pair of sentences, the adjective quiet modifies the noun afternoon, whereasthe adverb quietly modifies the verb passed. In the second pair of sentences, theadjective good modifies the noun musician, whereas the adverb well modifies the verbplays.In informal English, adjectives are sometimes used to modify verbs.e.g. She plays good.In this example, the adjective good is used to modify the verb plays. However, this useof adjectives is considered to be grammatically incorrect.See Exercise 3.ii. Adjectives which modify nouns compared with adverbs which modify adjectivesThe following examples illustrate the distinction which must be made betweenadjectives which modify nouns and adverbs which modify adjectives.e.g. Adjective: a large wooden buildingAdverb: a largely wooden buildingAdjective: conspicuous dark cloudsAdverb: conspicuously dark cloudsIn the first pair of phrases, the adjective large modifies the noun building, and theadverb largely modifies the adjective wooden. Thus, the phrase a large woodenbuilding has the meaning a big wooden building, whereas the phrase a largely woodenbuilding has the meaning a building mostly made of wood .In the second pair of phrases, the adjective conspicuous modifies the noun clouds, andthe adverb conspicuously modifies the adjective dark. Thus, the phrase conspicuousdark clouds means that the clouds themselves are noticeable; whereas the phraseconspicuously dark clouds means that the darkness of the clouds is noticeable.See Exercise 4.iii. Predicate adjectives which modify the subjects of verbs compared with adverbswhich modify verbsAs pointed out previously, certain verbs, called linking verbs, can be followed bypredicate adjectives. A distinction must be made between predicate adjectives whichmodify the subjects of linking verbs, and adverbs which modify verbs.A few linking verbs, such as the verb to be, can be followed by predicate adjectives,but cannot be modified by adverbs of manner. In the following examples using the verbto be, the nouns which are modified are underlined.e.g. He is happy.The wind was strong.In these examples, the predicate adjectives happy and strong modify the subjects heand wind.