Can I use "adjective + of it"?
Hi.
I just came across some sentence when I googling.
"even if you're perhaps ashamed of it"
I think "of it" can follow adjective at all such as "happy of it".
Is this formal grammar? adjective + of it?
does it only use adjective and verb and else?
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Carter Lee I think "of it" can follow any adjective at all No, it cannot. It can only follow those adjectives which allow a preposition phrase with "of" as a complement, and there are not many of them. Here are a few: afraid of it, sure of it, ashamed of it, aware of it, rid of it, tired of it, proud of it CJ
- Carter Lee I think "of it" can follow any adjective at all No, it cannot.
- It can only follow those adjectives which allow a preposition phrase with "of" as a complement, and there are not many of them.
- Here are a few: afraid of it, sure of it, ashamed of it, aware of it, rid of it, tired of it, proud of it CJ
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Carter LeeI think "of it" can follow any adjective at all
No, it cannot. It can only follow those adjectives which allow a preposition phrase with "of" as a complement, and there are not many of them. Here are a few:
afraid of it, sure of it, ashamed of it, aware of it, rid of it, tired of it, proud of i
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