Structures of Modification

Modification is the grammatical tie that exists between words and other words in a
sentence, like an adjective and its noun, or a verb and its adverb.
In analysing structures of modification, it is useful to talk about the “head” of a construction.
The head of a construction is the single word that “gets modified,” the word that could by
itself stand for the whole construction in the grammar of the sentence. It is the word in the
construction that all the modifying elements ‘depend on.”

Adjective as Head
Adjectives habitually modify a noun or verb also becomes the head of the structure of
modification.

A. Qualifier as adjective modifier

Very, quite, rather, somewhat, too, still, even, more, much, less, least, too, so, just, enough,
really, pretty, almost, indeed, a lot, a little,

Examples:
The sun was shining very bright.
His idea to hitch a bus is pretty cool.
The bread that was baked by mom is quite delicious.
The air was somewhat cold that morning.
Aric was so exhausted
The food was so delicious.
The movie is really awesome

B. Adverb as adjective modifier

Widely famous singer

Accidentally wrong pronunciation
Extremely difficult exam
Poorly made test
Incredibly happy
Slightly late

C. Noun as Adjective modifier

Stone cold coffee

Sea green cloth

d. Verb as Adjective modifier

freezing cold
boiling hot
hard to say
hard to forget
easy to get
good to see

e. Adjective as adjective modifier

icy cold
dark blue
deathly pale