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Grammar
Adjective Problem
My son had some homework recently (primary school) and he had to pick the adjective in this sentence: "The lemon was sour" - I assured him that the word "sour" was the adjective, but his teacher overuled this and said the correct adjective was the word "the"?? which one is the correct adjective? Please set my mind to rest, Thanks Confused Mum.
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'Sour' is a predicate adjective. 'The' is an article, one of the determiners, which act like adjectives, but are not normally classified as such. I think you are right, but I wouldn't insist on it with his teacher.
- 'Sour' is a predicate adjective.
- 'The' is an article, one of the determiners, which act like adjectives, but are not normally classified as such.
- I think you are right, but I wouldn't insist on it with his teacher.
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'Sour' is a predicate adjective. 'The' is an article, one of the determiners, which act like adjectives, but are not normally classified as such. I think you are right, but I wouldn't insist on it with his teacher.
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You're not the only one confused! (I refer to the teacher!)
This reminds me of an incident that occurred when I was in eighth grade. The teacher had misinterpreted the instructions to an exercise on cognate objects and insisted that in sentences like "We sang three songs" the object was "three"! No amount of reasoning could convince the teacher that the answers were wrong, that the o
This reminds me of an incident that occurred when I was in eighth grade. The teacher had misinterpreted the instructions to an exercise on cognate objects and insisted that in sentences like "We sang three songs" the object was "three"! No amount of reasoning could convince the teacher that the answers were wrong, that the o
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