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Nsfs2 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

A fiend angelical

Hi,

Some adjectives follow the pattern 'fiend angelical'. Are there rules that govern this use, or specific adjectives that can be expressed thus?

Thanks.
  

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I would say that really it is just a quasi-poetical, dramatic and emphatic style of writing. It is uncommon , and I would advise students of English to avoid it until they feel their English is very good. To my ear, it sounds better when the adjective ends in --al, eg an event historical eg a style pictorial eg a mood hysterical Clive

— Clive

  • I would say that really it is just a quasi-poetical, dramatic and emphatic style of writing.
  • It is uncommon , and I would advise students of English to avoid it until they feel their English is very good.
  • To my ear, it sounds better when the adjective ends in --al, eg an event historical eg a style pictorial eg a mood hysterical Clive
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I would say that really it is just a quasi-poetical, dramatic and emphatic style of writing. It is uncommon , and I would advise students of English to avoid it until they feel their English is very good.

To my ear, it sounds better when the adjective ends in --al,
eg an event historical
eg a style pictorial
eg a mood hysterical

Clive
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