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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Know-it-all-ness
"While Mrs Clinton was occasionally prone to know-it-all-ness - particularly in her repeated appeals to outside fact-checkers - she largely maintained the upper hand." (BBC website.)
Is "know-it-all-ness" a noun in the above?
Is "know-it-all-ness" a noun in the above?
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Yes. The writer has made an abstract noun by - adding - ness to know-it-all .
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- The writer has made an abstract noun by - adding - ness to know-it-all .
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Yes. The writer has made an abstract noun by - adding -ness to know-it-all.
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fivejedjonYes. The writer has made an abstract noun by - adding -ness to know-it-all .Thanks.
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