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Nor Priest Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Is 'Vacuum' adverb?

A: I'm afraid this snack will only make us constipated.
B: This snack was made vacuum. I'm sorry to say it would disappoint you.

To be made vacuum.

Can it be an adverb?

Thank you.
  

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I believe I know what you mean, but we don't say it that way in the US. We'd need to add some words. The expressions "vacuum-packed" and "vacuum-sealed" have been around for a long time.

— Avangi

  • I believe I know what you mean, but we don't say it that way in the US.
  • We'd need to add some words.
  • The expressions "vacuum-packed" and "vacuum-sealed" have been around for a long time.
  • But we use them as adjectives.
  • ) It was sealed under vacuum.
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I believe I know what you mean, but we don't say it that way in the US. We'd need to add some words.

The expressions "vacuum-packed" and "vacuum-sealed" have been around for a long time.

But we use them as adjectives.

(You're talking about the packaging, right?)

It was sealed under vacuum. . Here, "vacuum" is a noun.
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Vacuum is a noun, and I think if placed before cleaner would be an adjective. An adverb describes a verb and the sentence this snack was made vacuum does not make sense. One is not describing a verb which is a 'doing word'. If you said the 'snack was vacuum packed' then 'vacuum' would become an adverb as it describes how the snack was packed.
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Oh yes,

I wanted to mean adjective, not adverb.

It was mistaken.
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Nor PriestIt was mistaken.
Nevertheless, if there were an expression, "To be made vacuum," it would be an adverb."
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AvangiNevertheless, if there were an expression, "To be made vacuum," it would be an adverb."
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CalifJimNone of the others are adverbs.
You're probably right.
I was thinking, "If it were made 'in the vacuum way' ".

I'm trying to imagine what might be in an English learner's mind when he says, "If it were made vacuum."

I'm too tired. Is there a single word for "from scratch?" "It was made from scratch." (a way of making something)
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