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What are the 4 types of modifiction structure?

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It is composed by a head and a modifier. This structure may enlarge, choose, change, or even describe the head.
Head - is the main word of the subject or direct object in the sentence that is emphasized by the modifier.
Modifier - is the word that appears before the subject or direct object in the sentence and that modifies the head.


2. Head - noun
Modifier - adjective
a. ugly duckling
b. beautiful girl
c. haunted house
d. branded clothes
e. pleasing personality
3. Head - verb (past part.)
Modifier - adverb
a. beautifully made
b. carefully written
c. nicely drawn
d. gracefully danced
e. discreetly handled
Modifier Head
1. dining table
2. successful operation
3. carefully designed
4. pleasing personality
5. mother's love
6. very gently
5. Head - adverb
Modifier - adjective
a. so good
b. very creative
c. perfectly fine
d. entirely massive
e. fully blown
6. Head - noun
Modifier - possessive noun
a. husband's mistress
b. woman's lover
c. king's princess
d. apartment's landlord
e. president's decision
1. Head - noun
Modifier - noun
Examples:
a. wisdom tooth
b. post office
c. bus driver
d. canteen concessionaire
e. school principal
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7. Head - noun
Modifier - verb (past part.)
a. fried chicken
b. boiled egg
c. baked muffins
d. ground pork
e. beloved mother
4. Head - noun
Modifier - verb (-ing)
a. dying patient
b. buzzing bees
c. talking parrot
d. humming bird
e. running man
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Types. The two principal types of modifiers are adjectives (and adjectival phrases and adjectival clauses), which modify nouns; and adverbs (and adverbial phrases and adverbial clauses), which modify other parts of speech, particularly verbs, adjectives and other adverbs, as well as whole phrases or clauses
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