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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Byable

Hi.

There is a cartoon is which a drived is asking a woman for sex and the woman goes aay and the picture say 'I am not buyable'.Is tha statement correct syntactically?

Thanks in advance!
  

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Hi, Yes, I am not + adjective is correct syntax, eg I am not happy eg I am not available But 'buyable' is not a standard adjective, The cartoonist just invented it. But it is easy to understand. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Yes, I am not + adjective is correct syntax, eg I am not happy eg I am not available But 'buyable' is not a standard adjective, The cartoonist just invented it.
  • But it is easy to understand.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Yes, I am not + adjective is correct syntax,
eg I am not happy
eg I am not available

But 'buyable' is not a standard adjective, The cartoonist just invented it. But it is easy
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I didn't find it in CALD.

What would be the standard adj. here?
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Hi,

eg for sale

Clive
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Hi,

Yes.
ie She's not a prostitute.

Clive
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