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Hanuman_2000 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Function
Hello,
1. I booked a corner table.
The word "corner" here describes the word "table" which is a noun.
The word "corner" is also a noun, but its function in the above sentence is something different
The form is a noun, but function is an adjective.
What shall we call the word "corner" in the above sentence?
Thanks.
1. I booked a corner table.
The word "corner" here describes the word "table" which is a noun.
The word "corner" is also a noun, but its function in the above sentence is something different
The form is a noun, but function is an adjective.
What shall we call the word "corner" in the above sentence?
Thanks.
Top answer
hanuman_2000 What shall we call the word "corner" in the above sentence? A noun functioning as an adjective.
- hanuman_2000 What shall we call the word "corner" in the above sentence?
- A noun functioning as an adjective.
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hanuman_2000What shall we call the word "corner" in the above sentence?A noun functioning as an adjective.
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hanuman_2000What shall we call the word "corner" in the above sentence?If we want to refer to it by its part of speech, then noun.
If we want to refer to it by its function, then attributive modifier or pre-head modifier.
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Aspara Gusattributive modifier or pre-head modifier.Here, an attributive adjective.
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Hello,
What are the differences between an attributive adjective and an adjective?
An attributive adjective means , the form may be something else but functioning as an adjective.
An adjective means, the form and function both are adjective.
These are my interpretations.
Is it correct?
Thanks.
What are the differences between an attributive adjective and an adjective?
An attributive adjective means , the form may be something else but functioning as an adjective.
An adjective means, the form and function both are adjective.
These are my interpretations.
Is it correct?
Thanks.
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I have always thought that 'attributive' just means pre-modifying, but I may be wrong. Gus will know.
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hanuman_2000What are the differences between an attributive adjective and an adjective?An attributive adjective functions as pre-head modifier to a following noun in noun phrase structure, as in a black cat. In The cat is black, by contrast, black is not an attributive but a predicative adjective, functioning as predicative complement in
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