He offered a miserable $50 for my old computer. It is often happens with modification; it is called reclassification. Conceptually, adding the modifier breaks the noun into countable types, here a 'miserable' $50 and an 'unmiserable' $50.
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future332Why does the article A have to be before miserable?He offered a miserable $50 for my old computer.It is often happens with modification; it is called reclassification. Conceptually, adding the modifier breaks the noun into countable types, here a 'miserable' $50 and an 'unmiserable' $50.