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Desiderata

Is this the original text: http://www.fleurdelis.com/desiderata.htm?

At the end of second paragraph, it says
"they are vexatious to the spirit".Shouldn't it be "vexations" instead of "vexatious"?
/Why Tea
  

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htm ? Shouldn't it be "vexations" instead of "vexatious"? /Why Tea[/nq] There are "predicate adjectives" and "predicate nouns".

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  • Shouldn't it be "vexations" instead of "vexatious"?
  • /Why Tea[/nq] There are "predicate adjectives" and "predicate nouns".
  • In this case, either of your choices is OK, but this is poetic use.
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[nq:1]Is this the original text: http://www.fleurdelis.com/desiderata.htm? At the end of second paragraph, it says "they are vexatious to the spirit".Shouldn't it be "vexations" instead of "vexatious"? /Why Tea[/nq]
There are "predicate adjectives" and "predicate nouns". In this case, either of your choices
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[nq:1]Is this the original text: http://www.fleurdelis.com/desiderata.htm?[/nq]
It seems to be
[nq:1]At the end of second paragraph, it says "they are vexatious to the spirit".Shouldn't it be "vexations" instead of "vexatious"?[/nq]
'vexatious' is what Ehrmann wrote and seems to be a deliberate choic
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[nq:1]Is this the original text:http://www.fleurdelis.com/desiderata.htm? At the end of second paragraph, it says "they are vexatious to the spirit".Shouldn't it be "vexations" instead of "vexatious"? /Why Tea[/nq]
Either one of them is appropriate.
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