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Ricky06 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

He is king

0 There's a say "In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king".02br
00 My question is why there's no article before king. Is "king" used as an adjective here?02br
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0I would consider it a title.0-
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite10I would consider it a title.12br
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01i00Of all the members in our team, he is best.02i0-
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0I would consider it a superlative. As it is not attributive, the article is optional.0-
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite11i10Of all the members in our team, he is best.12br
12i10I would consider it a superlative. As it is not attributive, the article is optional.12br
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10 Isn't it necessary to add "the" before superlatives? I've tried looking up the meaning o
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0An attributive adjective is simply one that precedes the noun, Ricky:02br
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01i00The 01b00tall 02b00man is my brother02i00. 01i00Tall02i00 is an attributive adjective, premodifying 01i00man02i00.02br
01i00My brother is 01b00tall02b02i00
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0 Thanks. I understand the difference now.02br
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Hi my name is Mirna is your name Ricky are u really a Latin King i find u on this web site and i just want to ask u a fews questions if that ok with u. u know i have two brothers that are also kings what i like to know is how is your life like as a king that i want to know about u and tell about me and that i am a christanie and if u wound like me to tell u about *** hope to hear from u soon t
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