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== Modifiers & Qualifiers ==
== Modifiers, Qualifiers & Intensifiers ==
* modifiers v. qualifiers
* modifiers v. qualifiers
* Adjectives
** modifiers change or add or "modify" the meaning of a word or sentence
* Nouns  
** modifiers provide or extent additional meaning to the reader
* Adverbs
** qualifiers limit, or "qualify," the meaning of a word
* Intensifiers
** enhance or strengthen the meaning of a word
*** (opposite of qualifiers which limit the meaning of a word)
**
=== Types of Modifiers ===
* adjectives
* prepositions
** prepositional phrase
* adverbs
* verbs as modifiers
** participle phrase
* other
** adjective clause
** infinitive phrase
** adverbial clause
** absolute phrase
=== Types of Qualifiers===
* Nouns as modifiers
 
 
* See
* See
** [https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/modifiers Walden.edu Modifiers"
** [https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/modifiers Walden.edu Modifiers ]
 
** [https://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/modifiers-intensifiers-qualifiers/ My English Teacher]


== Sentence Diagramming ==
== Sentence Diagramming ==