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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Adjectives Review

Could someone look over the following sentences and tell me if I found all the words acting as adjectives? I seem to be having a bit of a problem determining when the word "that" is being used an adjective and when it's being used as a conjunction. Thank you!

By the time our plans were finalized, we had accumulated an immense telephone bill.
  1. The new chairperson of our executive committee has had wide experience in that field.
  1. Two new Canadian companies are competing in the European market.
  1. The California fruit crop was threatened by the Mediterranean fruit fly.
  1. The mayor made several off-the-record comments.
  1.  Brittany bought a small, inexpensive car from the dealer.
Two-thirds of the members voted for the amendment.
  1. The 60-story building was donated by that family.
  1. Arlene purchased a stylish linen suit.
  1. She has not received her income tax return from the government.
  1. That appeared to be a fireproof structure. (Is "that" acting as an adjective here or is it a conjunction??)
  1. We’ll need lumber in 8-, 10-, and 12-foot lengths.
  1. A two-thirds majority is needed to pass the amendment.
  

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By the time our plans were finalized, we had accumulated an immense telephone bill. The new chairperson of our executive committee has had wide experience in that field. Two new Canadian companies are competing in the European market.

— CalifJim

  • By the time our plans were finalized, we had accumulated an immense telephone bill.
  • The new chairperson of our executive committee has had wide experience in that field.
  • Two new Canadian companies are competing in the European market.
  • The California fruit crop was threatened by the Mediterranean fruit fly.
  • The mayor made several off-the-record comments.
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By the time our plans were finalized, we had accumulated an immense telephone bill.
The new chairperson of our executive committee has had wide experience in that field.
Two new Canadian companies are competing in the European market.
The California fruit
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OP here - Thank you CalifJim for correcting my mistakes. In the two sentences that mention two-thirds, why is "two-thirds" NOT considered an adjective?

My grammar book says hyphenated numbers are considered numerical compound adjectives. The example they use in the book is: "Thirty-two construction projects are in the Builders Exchange tour." So, in the sentence, "A two-thirds majority
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AnonymousIf you could explain why the other one is not considered an adjective, I'd appreciate it!
I think this instance of two-thirds is considered a determiner. When I went to school (ages and ages ago), there was no separate class of "determiner" - they were lumped in together with adjectives. However, grammar has moved on. (And I am out of breath tr
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OP reporting in - So, in the case of "A two-thirds majority is needed to pass the amendment," I said two-thirds is an adjective because it's modifying "majority" and is answering the question "How much?" Is that right or wrong?

I looked at the link you posted, AS, and it covered a lot of information I looked up before, but now I'm unsure as to whether or now I was correct when I said "Tw
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AnonymousA two-thirds majority is needed to pass the amendment," why is two-thirds not the adjective, too?
It is. Adjectives in bold. Anything else not in bold. In that sentence 'two-thirds' shows up in bold on my monitor.

I have dispensed with all discussion of determiners and modifiers because it seems to me from your answers that these are not r
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OP here - CJ, I just noticed that the words were showing up in bold. For some reason, it didn't show up correctly on my monitor.

Yes, my instructor isn't doing much to teach us about these things. We were basically given the handouts, told to read the chapter in the grammar book, and then do the homework. The book does not speak of determiners whatsoever, and only says that articles act a
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Anonymousit looks like only "Two-" is bolded. I'm assuming the whole fraction is meant to be bolded, too?
No. You are seeing it correctly. You have to have a noun as the subject of that sentence, so you can either treat "two-thirds" as the necessary noun, or you can treat "thirds" as the noun, in which case "two" becomes the adjective that I put in bold type
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