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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Cliche and Cliched

Hi

Are both cliche and cliched used as adjectives? For example:

The idiom sounds cliched to me.

The idiom sounds cliche to me.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tom Are both cliche and cliched used as adjectives? Not according to what I read in the Oxford dictionary.

— CalifJim

  • Mr.
  • Tom Are both cliche and cliched used as adjectives?
  • Not according to what I read in the Oxford dictionary.
  • According to that source, 'cliche' is a noun; 'cliched' is an adjective.
  • That idiom sounds [cliched / like a cliche] to me.
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Mr. TomAre both cliche and cliched used as adjectives?

Not according to what I read in the Oxford dictionary. According to that source, 'cliche' is a noun; 'cliched' is an adjective.

That idiom sounds [cliched / like a cliche] to me.

CJ

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