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GCheng620 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Adjectives BEFORE adjectives
From what I know, there are certain expressions such as "infamous bad/good" in which an adjective is placed before an adjective to express the meaning of an resolved doubt.
MY question is, is this kind of collocation of words only applicable to interrogative sentences? And what are some other common used ones that you can name PLEASE?
I know it's a lot of questions,
so thanks in advance to anyone who are willing to answer!
Have a good day:D
MY question is, is this kind of collocation of words only applicable to interrogative sentences? And what are some other common used ones that you can name PLEASE?
I know it's a lot of questions,
so thanks in advance to anyone who are willing to answer!
Have a good day:D
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GCheng620 there are certain expressions such as "infamous bad/good" I have never heard or read such an expression. It is not grammatically acceptable.
- GCheng620 there are certain expressions such as "infamous bad/good" I have never heard or read such an expression.
- It is not grammatically acceptable.
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GCheng620 there are certain expressions such as "infamous bad/good"I have never heard or read such an expression. It is not grammatically acceptable.
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I've never heard the term "infamous bad/good", but this is doubling of adjectives is sometimes heard in American street slang, which is non-standard English:
This is bad-a** good!
This is just plain ugly-a** ugly!
This is bad-a** good!
This is just plain ugly-a** ugly!
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You also hear this doubling in American rural areas, again non-standard English:
That's tolerable good shooting for a city boy.
Although non-standard, at least one of these constructions, middling ____, has made it into the English idiom, as acceptable:
That's middling fair for a beginner.
He had a middling good grade on his exam.
That's tolerable good shooting for a city boy.
Although non-standard, at least one of these constructions, middling ____, has made it into the English idiom, as acceptable:
That's middling fair for a beginner.
He had a middling good grade on his exam.
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