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Alkendi Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Adjective vs verbal adjective

hello:

what is the difference between these two statments:

the goods sold are not returnable (the goods that are sold are not returnable)

vs

the sold goods are not returnable.

I feel there is a difference in meaning.
  

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We need a native speaker or two to verify this, but to my ear sold goods is not idiomatic English. Some participles are not used attributively and I think sold is one of them. CB

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  • We need a native speaker or two to verify this, but to my ear sold goods is not idiomatic English.
  • Some participles are not used attributively and I think sold is one of them.
  • CB
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We need a native speaker or two to verify this, but to my ear sold goods is not idiomatic English. Some participles are not used attributively and I think sold is one of them.

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