| Although the modifier in a noun phrase will often be an adjective, it doesn't have to be. |
| A phrase or a clause used as an adjective modifier is called an adjective phrase or clause. |
| Someone decided that the semicolons were needlessly fussy, resulting in what English teachers call a dangling modifier. |
| This shows that the modifier gene did not affect Compact trait expression in the female. |
| When we use the expression a London Fog raincoat, we use London Fog as an attributive modifier of the noun raincoat. |
| An alkyl group is a straight chain molecule, but if the modifier is in the form of a ring structure it is more properly called an aryl group. |
