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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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article before adjective

he is quiet and a well behaved child
  

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Anonymous Can you use an article before an adjective? Yes. H e is a quiet and a well - behaved child .

  • Anonymous Can you use an article before an adjective?
  • Yes.
  • H e is a quiet and a well - behaved child .
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AnonymousCan you use an article before an adjective?
Yes.

He is a quiet and a well-behaved child.
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Aspara Gus AnonymousCan you use an article before an adjective?Yes.He is a quiet and a well-behaved child.
Why not He is quiet and a well-behaved child ?

He is a subject, is a linking verb with two complements in the predicate: one an adjective (quiet), another a noun phrase (a well-behaved child).
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It's bad style to use same linking verb with an adjective and noun. It's not parallel.

The change made "quiet" modify "child" so the sentence is parallel.

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