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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Indefinite article before adjective

Hi. Could we use the phrase "a deceived" to mean one person who is or was deceived? Perhaps in a right context? Thank you for your help in advance.
  

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I can think of contexts in which you could speak of 'the deceived', but not really of 'a deceived'. Can you think of one? Clive

— Clive

  • I can think of contexts in which you could speak of 'the deceived', but not really of 'a deceived'.
  • Can you think of one?
  • Clive
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I can think of contexts in which you could speak of 'the deceived', but not really of 'a deceived'.
Can you think of one?

Clive
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Hi, Thank you. I think I saw the phrase "a deceived" in a text with the apparent meaning of "a deceived person" some time ago but I don't remember the complete sentence. As to my coming up with an example sentence, I don't have something off top of my head right now.
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That's not really a natural expression.

Clive
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