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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Abstract or concrete noun?

Are the following words abstract or concrete?

adductor
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If they are concrete, is it fair to say most english words ending in "tor" are concrete?
  

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Hi, Are the following words abstract or concrete? adductor I assume you mean the muscle with this name. Yes, that seems like a concrete thing.

  • Hi, Are the following words abstract or concrete?
  • adductor I assume you mean the muscle with this name.
  • Yes, that seems like a concrete thing.
  • adjudicator administrator With the last two, it really depends on your definition of concrete/abstract , and on how you are thinking of these words.
  • If you are thinking of them as the names of roles, that seems abstract.
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Hi,

Are the following words abstract or concrete?

adductor I assume you mean the muscle with this name. Yes, that seems like a concrete thing.
adjudicator
administrator

With the last two, it really depends on your definition of concrete/abstract, and on how you are thinking of these words.

If you are thinking of them as the names of roles, that

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