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MarvinTheMartian Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

"exploded" as adjective

Hi everyone,

Is it okay to use "exploded" as an adjective, as in "Pop corn consists of exploded corn kernels" or "The man was rummaging through the debris of the exploded car"?

Thanks in advance.
  

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Hi, It's OK. However, I'd guess that it's not a terribly common adjective. After things explode, we often refer to the results, eg 'the wreckage', 'the remains', 'the pieces', 'the debris'.

— Clive

  • Hi, It's OK.
  • However, I'd guess that it's not a terribly common adjective.
  • After things explode, we often refer to the results, eg 'the wreckage', 'the remains', 'the pieces', 'the debris'.
  • The adjective 'unexploded' might even be more common, eg an unexploded bomb is in my classroom.
  • You might like to consider the term 'an exploded view'.
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Hi,
It's OK.
However, I'd guess that it's not a terribly common adjective. After things explode, we often refer to the results, eg 'the wreckage', 'the remains', 'the pieces', 'the debris'.

The adjective 'unexploded' might even be more common, eg an unexploded bomb is in my classroom.

You might like to consider the term 'an exploded view'. See
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CliveYou might like to consider the term 'an exploded view'.
Yes, I'm familiar with this use. I just wanted to make sure it could be used in the literal sense as well. In the first sentence, I deliberately used "exploded" instead of "popped" because I felt two occurrences of the word "pop" in such a short sentence would be somewhat redundant. I can't think of
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Hi,
Not really.

Clive
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