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Chenyincheng Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Alive

Hi guys

I have this question... It says in my dictionary... the word "alive" is not to be used BEFORE a noun. But I've just heard people saying "alive people" on TV. So do you native speakers actually use 'alive' before nouns?

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No, you wouldn't say "They founds some alive people three days after the earthquake." You'd say "People were found still alive..."

Can you give the full sentence you heard on TV?

You may hear "Filmed in front of a live audience" which would sound like "alive audience."

It's also true that in real life, we don't plan what we're saying as we say it, so sometimes people w
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Grammar GeekNo, you wouldn't say "They founds some alive people three days after the earthquake." You'd say "People were found still alive..."

Can you give the full sentence you heard on TV?

You may hear "Filmed in front of a live audience" which would sound like "alive audience."

It's also true that in real life, we don't plan what we're sayi
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Ah. Well, we do manipulate words for sarcastic and comic purposes.

So sometimes you do misuse a word that way, implying "not from dead people, but from alive people" to keep the parallel and a bit more funny.

But in real life, if speaking in any sort of formal context, you wouldn't do that.

We do play with language - I shouldn't have said "would never sa
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Grammar GeekAh. Well, we do manipulate words for sarcastic and comic purposes.

So sometimes you do misuse a word that way, implying "not from dead people, but from alive people" to keep the parallel and a bit more funny.

But in real life, if speaking in any sort of formal context, you wouldn't do that.

We do play with language -
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