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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

'evil' vs 'an evil'

Could you explaing the difference in meaning between:

Alcohol is evil.

and

Alcohol is an evil. ?
  

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Could you explaing the difference in meaning between:

Alcohol is evil. (Here, 'evil' is an adjective and means 'not good morally, sinful, wicked.)

and


Alcohol is an evil. ? (Here, 'an evil' is a noun and means 'a sin', 'a wrongdoing'.)
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So if alcohol is sinful (as in Alcohol is evil) using it is a sin (as in Alcohol is an evil). What would be the purpose of using it as a noun, then? I can't get my head around it. Could you give some other examples illustrating the subtlety, please?
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