This document discusses the positioning of adjectives in relation to nouns in English grammar. It states that adjectives usually go before the nouns they modify, but can sometimes follow the noun for emphasis. When multiple adjectives precede a noun, they are separated by commas, except for the last two if they indicate color which are separated by "and". In the predicative position, multiple adjectives are separated by "and". Certain phrases always position the adjective after the noun, such as "time-immemorial" or in lines of poetry for metrical purposes.

1. GRAMMAR V
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION, HUMANAS Y TECNOLOGIAS
ESCUELA DE IDIOMAS
Position of Adjectives
Names:
Miguel Bravo Y.
Cristian Yumisaca.
Eduardo Barreno.
Date: April 28th, 2015

2. Position of adjectives
Adjectives usually go before the nouns they modify.
• She is a nice girl. (Here the adjective nice modifies the noun girl and goes
before it.)
• He is an intelligent boy.
• That was a clever idea.
When two or more adjectives come before a noun, they are usually
separated by commas.
• A large, round table
• A short, fair, pretty girl
Note that we do not put a comma after the last adjective in the series.
When the last two are adjectives of color, they are usually separated by and.
• A black and white cow (NOT black white cow)
• Red and blue socks

3. When two or more adjectives come in the predicative position, we
use and between the last two.
• It was hot and sultry.
• The boy was handsome, smart and polite.
• The clouds looked white and fluffy.
Sometimes we put an adjective after the noun for the sake of emphasis.
• There lived an old man strong and wicked. (More emphatic than ‘There
lived a strong and wicked old man.’)
In phrases such as those given below, the adjective always comes after the
noun.
• Time-immemorial
• Heir-apparent
• God Almighty
• President elect

4. In lines of poetry, too, the adjective is sometimes put after the noun.
 O men with sisters dear! (Instead of ‘O men with dear sisters’)