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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

make us human

Some scientists say that language is the very thing that makes us human.

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Q1. human is adj?

Q2. If not adj but Noun

why human? not humans

human is countable

in dictionary.... not uncountable.....
only countable or adj

so
in that sentence's 'human'
I don't understand.

why human?

why not humans?

thank you!
  

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Anonymous only countable or adj By this I expect you mean that in that sentence "human" can only be a countable noun or an adjective. But later you indicate that if it were a countable noun, it would have to be "humans". But as you can see, it's "human", not "humans".

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous only countable or adj By this I expect you mean that in that sentence "human" can only be a countable noun or an adjective.
  • But later you indicate that if it were a countable noun, it would have to be "humans".
  • But as you can see, it's "human", not "humans".
  • That means it's not a countable noun, doesn't it?
  • So if you know it's either a countable noun or an adjective, and you know it's not a countable noun, then what can you conclude about what it is?
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Anonymousonly countable or adj
By this I expect you mean that in that sentence "human" can only be a countable noun or an adjective. But later you indicate that if it were a countable noun, it would have to be "humans". But as you can see, it's "human", not "humans". That means it's not a countable noun, doesn't it?

So if you know it's either a cou
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I'm sorry, my English bad T_T

I mean....

Some scientists say that language is the very thing that makes us human.
(Q. why human?, human is a noun? and Q2. if...... adj??)

why I finded that sentence understood.
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AnonymousI'm sorry. My English is bad.
That's a shame, because that way you cannot understand our answers. If you had understood my answer, you would have been able to see that "human" is an adjective in your sentence.
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