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Fire1 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Is "unconventional" used as a noun?

?If you’re looking to stand out in university admissions, then unconventional may be just the way to go.


In this sentence, Is "unconventional" used as a noun?

But I have only seen "unconventional" used as an adjective.

So I'm not sure whether "unconventional" is used as a noun there.

Please tell me whether it's used as a noun or adjective.

  

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fire1 If you’re looking to stand out in university admissions, then unconventional may be just the way to go. It's not unusual to use an adjective like this occasionally. It's an adjective, but it's used where we might expect a noun, so we have to "read between the lines" and understand that we are supposed to infer other words around this adjective.

— CalifJim

  • fire1 If you’re looking to stand out in university admissions, then unconventional may be just the way to go.
  • It's not unusual to use an adjective like this occasionally.
  • It's an adjective, but it's used where we might expect a noun, so we have to "read between the lines" and understand that we are supposed to infer other words around this adjective.
  • In this case, you might say that the intent is "then an unconventional way of presenting yourself may be just the way to go".
  • The clue to knowing it's probably about an unconventional way is that way is used again later in the clause.
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fire1If you’re looking to stand out in university admissions, then unconventional may be just the way to go.

It's not unusual to use an adjective like this occasionally. It's an adjective, but it's used where we might expect a noun, so we have to "read between the lines" and understand that we are supposed to infer other words around this adjective. In th

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fire1Please tell me whether it's used as a noun or adjective.

It is a predicate adjective, sort of. The hidden structure is "you go unconventional", with "go" in its copulative sense, as in, for example, "go wild".

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