The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday identified the inmate who died in custody on Tuesday as Sean Michael Alexander, 33, of Pismo Beach.
An adjective phrase (or adjectival phrase) is a phrase that tells us something about the noun it is modifying.The head (principal) word in an adjective phrase will be an adjective. In the examples below, the adjective phrase is shaded and the head word (i.e., the adjective) is in bold:n adjective phrase (or adjectival phrase) is a phrase that tells us something about the noun it is modifying.
A prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun is called an adjective phrase. The members of the club want sweatshirts with the club emblem. [The prepositional phrase of the club is used as an adjective to modify the noun members. With the club emblem is used as an adjective to modify the noun sweatshirts.