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Mickey Mouse 8241 Posted 11 years ago
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green color or color green
The subject was about the "Talk about the color that you like the most"
Here is full sentence:
"I believe that all colours symbolize a feeling or something in particular. To me, the color red is the best. No other colour symbolizes so many different emotions and experiences. "
I want to know why he didn't say :'It seems to me that the green color is the best"?!
is 'It seems to me that the color green is the best ' equal to' It seems to me that the color( which is )green is the best'?!
Here is full sentence:
"I believe that all colours symbolize a feeling or something in particular. To me, the color red is the best. No other colour symbolizes so many different emotions and experiences. "
I want to know why he didn't say :'It seems to me that the green color is the best"?!
is 'It seems to me that the color green is the best ' equal to' It seems to me that the color( which is )green is the best'?!
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I want to know why he didn't say: 'It seems to me that the green color is the best'?! Because he doesn't want to use "green" as an adjective here, so he's used it as a noun. This way he has focused on it as the subject of the sentence.
- I want to know why he didn't say: 'It seems to me that the green color is the best'?!
- Because he doesn't want to use "green" as an adjective here, so he's used it as a noun.
- This way he has focused on it as the subject of the sentence.
- Is 'It seems to me that the color green is the best' equal to 'It seems to me that the color (which is) green is the best'?!
- Yes, you're not far off.
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I want to know why he didn't say: 'It seems to me that the green color is the best'?!
Because he doesn't want to use "green" as an adjective here, so he's used it as a noun. This way he has focused on it as the subject of the sentence.
Is 'It seems to me that the color green is the best' equal to 'It seems to me that the color (which is) g
Because he doesn't want to use "green" as an adjective here, so he's used it as a noun. This way he has focused on it as the subject of the sentence.
Is 'It seems to me that the color green is the best' equal to 'It seems to me that the color (which is) g
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Thanks. If we had a adjective clause reduction 'which is' must be reduced and what about called?!
We said:"the color green is the best " not " the color called green is best".
We said:"the color green is the best " not " the color called green is best".
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I know. But why??! it dosen't make sense to me when I should ue green color and when color green?!
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