... level.For more information on modifiers, see Chapter 2.used with qualifiers 1.62 If the noun is followed by a qualifier, the qualifier is usually a prepositional phrase beginning with 'of'. ... indicate a quality, and which is gradable; EG funny, intelligent, small. Compare with classifying adjective.quantifier a phrase ending in 'of' which allows you to refer to a quantity ... ask you out to dinner.qualifier any word or group of words which comes after a headword and is part of the noun group; EG a book with a blue cover the shop on the corner.qualitative adjective...