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How can the word “once” be prefixed with a definite article while it is not a noun?
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I think you might mean something like the once successful actor . It's not strictly speaking a prefix, but I think it's what you're looking for. You use "once" as an adverb in these phrases and you use it before an adjective.
- I think you might mean something like the once successful actor .
- It's not strictly speaking a prefix, but I think it's what you're looking for.
- You use "once" as an adverb in these phrases and you use it before an adjective.
- Also, the once beautiful women's shop; the once polluted lake; the once great economy of our country.
- CJ
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I think you might mean something like the once successful actor.
It's not strictly speaking a prefix, but I think it's what you're looking for. You use "once" as an adverb in these phrases and you use it before an adjective.
Also, the once beautiful women's shop; the once polluted lake; the once great economy of our country.
CJ
0healerHow can the word “once” be prefixed with a definite article while it is not a noun?
It is a noun. Do you have access to a dictionary? Onelook.com gives you several at once, for example
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