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Jenny chiu Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

adj / city

Describe cities:
My city is very modern/ ancient/ interesting/ boring/ beautiful/ ugly/ polluted/ clean/ noisy/ quiet/ expensive/ cheap/ calm/ crowded/ busy.

Are these adj ok for describing cities?
  

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", all of the adjectives you listed can be used except for: cheap, calm, and busy. You'd say instead for these, inexpensive, tranquil, and fast-paced, respectively.

— Anonymous

  • ", all of the adjectives you listed can be used except for: cheap, calm, and busy.
  • You'd say instead for these, inexpensive, tranquil, and fast-paced, respectively.
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In the pattern, "My city is very ____ .", all of the adjectives you listed can be used except for: cheap, calm, and busy. You'd say instead for these, inexpensive, tranquil, and fast-paced, respectively.
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Jenny chiuAre these adj ok for describing cities?
Yes, but you can't take 'expensive' or 'cheap' literally, of course because your city is (presumably) not for sale.
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