English Grammar - Modifiers

Modifiers limit, qualify, or make more exact other words or word groups by describing them.

Example:    the brown cow

Brown "modifies" the word "cow" by naming a quality of it,
making its description more precise. Simply, the word "brown" is describing the cow.


Modifiers "depend on" the word they qualify; therefore, they are optional.

Modifiers which are placed before a noun are called pre-modifiers and those placed after a noun are called post-modifiers.