Quantitative adjectives alter pronouns and nouns numerically. They answer questions of how much or how many.
Examples
- She wants three children.
- She keeps her four dogs in the house.
- I have two jackets from which to choose.
Adjectival Nouns
When a noun modifies another noun they become a functioning adjective. We call these transformed nouns adjectival nouns or noun modifiers.
Example
- Sports car
- strawberry salad
Alternatively, adjectives can masquerade as nouns. This occurs when groups of people are being described. The modified noun disappears and the adjective adopts the nouns placement.
Example
- The young people would change to the young.
These adjectives always follow the.
Order of Adjectives
In general, the adjective order in English is:
- Determiner
- Observation (Opinion)
- Size and Shape
- Age
- Color
- Origin
- Material
- Qualifier (Purpose)
