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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Making a noun out of an adjective
Hi. Please tell me if we can make a noun out an adjective (as long as a word is an adjective, although it may not be what a person sees often).
eg,
falleness
barrenness
eg,
falleness
barrenness
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Some you can ( barrenness ) and some you cannot ( fallenness ).
- Some you can ( barrenness ) and some you cannot ( fallenness ).
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Off the top of my head I would say every adjective can be used as a noun - I can't think of any offhand that could not. For example:
The fallen (adj. - there's no such word as falleness) leaves littered the ground.
After the battle the fallen (noun) littered the field.
It was a barren (adj.) countryside.
The spinsters and the barren (noun) were ostracized in t
The fallen (adj. - there's no such word as falleness) leaves littered the ground.
After the battle the fallen (noun) littered the field.
It was a barren (adj.) countryside.
The spinsters and the barren (noun) were ostracized in t
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