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High Priority
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A45241-2003Jul11¬Found=true
"The policy-related events, he said, 'are high priority for the administration. We think it's important to get outside the Beltway and talk to real folks about those issues.' "
"Priority" is a noun. Yet "high priority" is used like an adjective here. Could this be an error?
"The policy-related events, he said, 'are high priority for the administration. We think it's important to get outside the Beltway and talk to real folks about those issues.' "
"Priority" is a noun. Yet "high priority" is used like an adjective here. Could this be an error?
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Hi, The other features of the passage show it is casual speech. 'High-priority' is commonly used as a casual adjective, ie "The policy-related events, he said, ' are high priority (events) for the administration. On the other hand, maybe he just meant they are a high priority , but forgot to say ' a '.
- Hi, The other features of the passage show it is casual speech.
- 'High-priority' is commonly used as a casual adjective, ie "The policy-related events, he said, ' are high priority (events) for the administration.
- On the other hand, maybe he just meant they are a high priority , but forgot to say ' a '.
- Clive
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Hi,
The other features of the passage show it is casual speech. 'High-priority' is commonly used as a casual adjective,
ie "The policy-related events, he said, 'are high priority (events) for the administration.
On the other hand, maybe he just meant they are
The other features of the passage show it is casual speech. 'High-priority' is commonly used as a casual adjective,
ie "The policy-related events, he said, 'are high priority (events) for the administration.
On the other hand, maybe he just meant they are
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