Types and order of modifiers in front of a noun:
The modifier refers to all words that relate in their function to the noun. This includes:
Definite article: the + (singular and plural nouns)
a, an + (singular)
no indefinite article with plural nouns
e.g. a book > books
A great deal of + un countable nouns
Much + uncountable nouns
Many + uncountable nouns
A great many + countable
A lot of + countable and uncountable nouns
Plenty of + both types
few + countable
little + uncountable
hardly any + both countable and un countable
scarcely any + both
not many + countable
not much + uncountable
C. demonstrative pronouns :
this + (singular) / these + (plural)
that + (singular) / those + (plural)
D. possessive personal pronouns:
E. possessive nouns:
e.g. Mary's book
The Chairman's office
The order of modifiers in front of a noun :
4. quality or character
9. shape (it can either be no.٦ or ٩ in the order)
14. noun head (the described noun)
The above list is a full list. However, it is not common that we have more than tree adjectives in front of a single noun or else it would be difficult to understand them.
However, the adjectives can stand alone without a noun and come after the verb only with "verb to be", and similar verbs like:
look These verbs are called linking verbs,
smell i.e., they do not involve any action.
I Am happy.
He looks sad.
Except with such verbs, you cannot end your sentence with an adjective but with an adverb:
He writes (quick)> quickly.
He draws (beautiful)> beautifully.
• You can describe an adjective with an adverb.
I feel extremely happy.
He was completely sad.
Here the adverb does not modify the verb but it modifies the adjective.