A word used with a noun to describe or point out, the person, animal, place or thing which the noun names, or to tell the number of quantity, is called an ADJECTIVE. So we may define an Adjective as a word used with a noun to add something for its meaning.
For example:- The lazy boy was punished. The boy is lazy.
In sentence 1, the adjective ' lazy ' is used along with the noun ' boy ' as an epithet or predicate. It is, therefore, said to be used Attributively. In sentence 2, the adjective ' lazy ' is used along with the verb is, and forms part of the Predicate. It is, therefore, said to be used Predicatively.
Some Adjectives can be used only Predicatively.
For example:- She is afraid of ghost. I am quite well.
For example:- The lazy boy was punished. The boy is lazy.
In sentence 1, the adjective ' lazy ' is used along with the noun ' boy ' as an epithet or predicate. It is, therefore, said to be used Attributively. In sentence 2, the adjective ' lazy ' is used along with the verb is, and forms part of the Predicate. It is, therefore, said to be used Predicatively.
Some Adjectives can be used only Predicatively.
For example:- She is afraid of ghost. I am quite well.
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