An adjective is a word that describes, limits, or in any other way modifies a noun or a pronoun. (The articles a, an, and the are adjectives.)
Adjectives can appear in different positions. They often come before the words they modify; but as predicate adjectives, they come after the words they modify.
The beautiful day ended with Marcia in tears. She was overjoyed. (The and beautiful modify the noun day; overjoyed is a predicate adjective and modifies the pronoun she.)
A Closer Look
Don't add adjectives to nouns that don't need them. The adjectives listed below are unnecessary and only repeat what the noun already says.
basic necessities, end result, exact replica, final outcome, foreign imports, free gift, joint cooperation, mutual cooperations, past history, sum total
(From Write for Business, page 250, and Proofreader's Guide PDF, page 61)
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