Attributive and Predicative Adjectives

An attribute is a quality or characteristic given to a person, group, or some other thing.

This noun which is the most important word in a sentence is often qualified by an adjective or the equivalent of an adjective which is called its attribute or enlargement.

The attribute is a secondary part of the sentence which qualifies a noun, a pronoun, or any other part of speech that has a nominal character.

An attribute can be either in pre-position or in post-position to the word it modifies.

What did she do with herself... in that little hole? (Galsworthy)

Under a tree opposite Knightsbridge Barracks... he took out once more the

morocco, case. (Galsworthy)

As a result of the loss of inflexions, the attribute in English, as distinct from Russian, does not agree with the word it modifies in number, case, or gender.

It may be expressed by almost any part of speech.