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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

"demented" as noun?

Hi all,
I'm very confused in which I want to express:
"the greatest lunatic" as being the greatest crazy person..
I was wondering if i can rephrase it as: "The greatest demented"

Does that make sense?

Please advise. I'll greatly appreciate it.
  

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It would be very unusual to use "demented" as a noun. What's wrong with "the greatest lunatic"? Or perhaps you could say "the craziest person"?

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  • It would be very unusual to use "demented" as a noun.
  • What's wrong with "the greatest lunatic"?
  • Or perhaps you could say "the craziest person"?
  • It would be easier to make a judgement if you posted the whole sentence.
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It would be very unusual to use "demented" as a noun.

What's wrong with "the greatest lunatic"? Or perhaps you could say "the craziest person"? It would be easier to make a judgement if you posted the whole sentence.
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Hi,

I'm very confused in which I want to express:

"the greatest lunatic" as being the greatest crazy person..

The greatest lunatic' is OK, as is 'the biggest lunatic'.



I was wondering if i can rephrase it as: "The greatest demented"

No. You can't speak of 'a demented', although you can speak in a general way of all demented people as
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