It would almost seem as if the majority of people have spent so much time on the study of pronouns, that their knowledge of just what an adjective is has evaporated.
When I was at school we were told that an adjective was a ‘describing’ word and that a noun was a ‘naming’ word. However, now, in the rush to seemingly reduce the length of words so that they can fit on a televised ‘ticker’ and reduce a person’s mental acuity and the ability to spell at the same time, there has been a propensity to substitute nouns for adjectives.
How often do we hear of a ‘monster’ storm, when any monsters that are still yet to be discovered here on Earth, have, thus far, not played a role in such an event!
Knowledgeable people, of whom I might say are in danger of eradication, just as adjectives are, know that the adjectival form of the noun ‘monster’ is ‘monstrous’.
Below are examples of how adjectives should be used to displace nouns.
‘crisis’ situation becomes a critical situation
‘mystery’ event becomes a mysterious event
‘archive’ footage becomes archival footage
‘volcano’ eruption …… volcanic eruption
‘education’ lessons …… educational lessons
‘virus’ cases …… viral cases
‘hero’ neighbour …… heroic neighbour
‘miracle’ survival …… miraculous survival
‘controversy’ allegations …… controversial allegations
‘finance’ report …… financial report
‘face’ skin …… facial skin
‘recession’ environment …… recessionary environment
‘legend’ person …… legendary person
‘nose’ passage …… nasal passage
‘vehicle’ traffic …… vehicular traffic
‘glacier’ collapse …… glacial collapse
‘mountain’ terrain …… mountainous terrain
‘voice’ reply …… vocal reply
‘cancer’ cells …… cancerous cells
‘navy’ ship …… naval ship
‘Science’ discovery …… scientific discovery
‘Indonesia’ island …… Indonesian island
‘spine’ injury …… spinal injury
‘Japan’ yen …… Japanese yen
‘autumn’ climate …… autumnal climate
Note that the adjectival form of a country’s name begins with a capital letter.