1 : an act intended to trick or dupe : imposture the victim of a cruel hoax assumed the bomb threat was just a hoax. 2 : something accepted or established by fraud or fabrication believes the Loch Ness Monster is a hoax a literary hoax.
Adjective phrase modifiers in English grammar are words and phrases that that modify or describe an adjective or adjective phrase. Adjective phrase modifier is a grammatical function.The grammatical form that can function as the adjective phrase modifier in English grammar is the adverb phrase.Adjective phrase modifiers are constituents of the adjective phrase.References. Brinton, Laurel J. & Donna M. Brinton. 2010.The linguistic structure of Modern English, 2nd edn.he grammatical form that can function as the adjective phrase modifier in English grammar is the adverb phrase. Adjective phrase modifiers are constituents of the adjective phrase. References. Brinton, Laurel J. & Donna M. Brinton. 2010. The linguistic structure of Modern English, 2nd edn.
(grammar) 1  part of a sentence other than the subject or the predicate. ( 2 in systemic grammar) part of a sentence other than the subject, predicator, object, or complement; usually a prepositional or adverbial group.  part of a sentence that may be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical; a modifier.