College English Grammar: Grammar and Writing By Zhu XiangjunUnit 3 Modifiers: adjectives Grammar: Adjectives Writing: Correcting: Comparison Problems Rewriting: How to rewrite sentences Modifiers A modifier is any word that acts to describe or qualify another word in such a way that it enriches the other words meaning. It usually may be an adjective, an adverb or a prepositional phrase. Adding modifiers can make sentences more explicit, more interesting and more powerful. Lets look at an example