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Bmojtaba Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Adjective vs noun
' I grew to admire your tenacious '
' She's a beacon of hope for New York City's lovelorn '
The words tenacious & lovelorn are adjectives ,Shouldn't we use noun after your & 's ??
' She's a beacon of hope for New York City's lovelorn '
The words tenacious & lovelorn are adjectives ,Shouldn't we use noun after your & 's ??
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this is one of those cases where the adjectives are acting as nouns. " What these sentences actually mean is "poor people*" and "homeless *people " but the noun is omitted and then adjectives become treated as nouns. action=ViewBlogArticle&ba_id=33
- this is one of those cases where the adjectives are acting as nouns.
- " What these sentences actually mean is "poor people*" and "homeless *people " but the noun is omitted and then adjectives become treated as nouns.
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this is one of those cases where the adjectives are acting as nouns. Other examples of this are "She gives money to the poor." "He takes care of the homeless." What these sentences actually mean is "poor people*" and "homeless *people" but the noun is omitted and then adjectives become treated as nouns.
Here's a nice little explanation from Merriam-Webster's:
Here's a nice little explanation from Merriam-Webster's:
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bmojtabaShouldn't we use noun after your & 's ??In the examples you cite there are two answers.
In the first case the grammar is wrong. It should be ... admire your tenacity.
In the second case the adjective 'lovelorn' can be promoted to the status of a noun because it can indicate a group (of lovelorn people). The same is true of '
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