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Believer Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Adjectives
Hi,
1.Would you tell me if the steps I applied in writing out adjectives are correct or not?
a stone-accented conversation piece -- I don't know what a "conversation piece" is but I think it is something you sit on or use when having conversation with others.
First, I think 'conversation piece' goes together.
The "stone-accented' needed to be hyphenated since it goes together - meant to be one compound adjective (if that is the right term).
So, overall, the phrase looks to be correct.
I think you can add something like 'thoroughly stained' if you need to, making it:
a thoroughly-stained, stone-accented conversation piece
Normally, I think you wouldn't hyphenate 'thorougly stained' if used in front of a noun but this is a different case:
eg,
a thoroughly stained (conversation) piece
2. Would you use two (or possibly more?? - highly doubtful in its possibility though) adjectives that end in "-al"? How would you rewrite it?
a organizational procedural document
Thank you.
1.Would you tell me if the steps I applied in writing out adjectives are correct or not?
a stone-accented conversation piece -- I don't know what a "conversation piece" is but I think it is something you sit on or use when having conversation with others.
First, I think 'conversation piece' goes together.
The "stone-accented' needed to be hyphenated since it goes together - meant to be one compound adjective (if that is the right term).
So, overall, the phrase looks to be correct.
I think you can add something like 'thoroughly stained' if you need to, making it:
a thoroughly-stained, stone-accented conversation piece
Normally, I think you wouldn't hyphenate 'thorougly stained' if used in front of a noun but this is a different case:
eg,
a thoroughly stained (conversation) piece
2. Would you use two (or possibly more?? - highly doubtful in its possibility though) adjectives that end in "-al"? How would you rewrite it?
a organizational procedural document
Thank you.
Top answer
1-- It seems reasonable. 2-- It seems awkward. A procedural document for an organization.
- 1-- It seems reasonable.
- 2-- It seems awkward.
- A procedural document for an organization.
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1-- It seems reasonable.
2-- It seems awkward. A procedural document for an organization.
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1-- It seems reasonable.
2-- It seems awkward. A procedural document for an organization.
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1. Your examples are almost correct grammatically - just get rid of the hyphen in 'thoroughly-stained.' A conversation piece, however, is not necessarily something to sit on while having a conversation. It might be a statue in the corner of the room, a piece of artwork hanging on the wall, or anything interesting enough to cause people to talk about it. I suppose if there is a really interest
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