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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Is this right?

Do you know any company that ships cars for cheap?
  

Top answer

Not quite right... " Cheap is an adjective, not a noun. So it cannot be the object of a preposition.

— Chameleon

  • Not quite right...
  • " Cheap is an adjective, not a noun.
  • So it cannot be the object of a preposition.
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Not quite right... This is better:

"Do you know any company that ships cars cheaply?"

OR

"Do you know any company that ships cars for a low price?"

Cheap is an adjective, not a noun. So it cannot be the object of a preposition.
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Chameleon's answer is spot on, but their explanation isn't entirely accurate. The statement
an adjective ... cannot be the object of a preposition
isn't always true. For example, "this is beyond ridiculous" is a counterexample.

Nonetheless, "for cheap", doesn't make sense, because the specific preposition "for" does not take an adjective.

You c
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Fool that I am... Emotion: smile I should know better that to make absolute statements when talking about language. You are, of course, correct
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eg. This forum is not for the rich. ( rich is also an adjective used as a noun )
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Yeah, but it's the word "the" that makes the difference there. It's just a kind of shorthand really.

The rich = rich people
The poor = poor people
The intelligent = intelligent people

and so on. So you're right - it's an adjective acting a noun, but it's not an adjective acting as an adjective, and it only works if you include the word "the".

Rommie
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