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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is farcical used as a noun here?

Context:

Campaign to deter Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants 'farcical'

Labour's Keith Vaz says proposed government ad campaign which may portray UK in negative light is counterproductive
  

Top answer

No, it's used as an adjective. As often happens in headlines, the verb 'is' is omitted.

— Fivejedjon

  • No, it's used as an adjective.
  • As often happens in headlines, the verb 'is' is omitted.
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No, it's used as an adjective. As often happens in headlines, the verb 'is' is omitted.
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No, "farcical" is being used as an adjective functioning as a predicative complement referring to the subject "the campaign". The sentence is just journalistic shorthand for:

"The campaign to deter Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants is farcical".

BillJ
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