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Baten Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Noun Phrase Modifying
I was thinking of some alternative to some phrase in this:
"Campuses that used to admit almost every applicant are becoming more selective, and the students admitted are more academically prepared than a decade ago."
How is 'the students admitted' differnet from 'the admitted students'?
"Campuses that used to admit almost every applicant are becoming more selective, and the students admitted are more academically prepared than a decade ago."
How is 'the students admitted' differnet from 'the admitted students'?
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baten How is 'the students admitted' differnet from 'the admitted students'? The former case is a nonfinite clause = 'the students [which are] admitted'. As for the latter case, 'admitted' is not so often used as an attributive adjective, and sounds a bit unusual here, because admission is not just a quality but a process which the students must have gone through.
- baten How is 'the students admitted' differnet from 'the admitted students'?
- The former case is a nonfinite clause = 'the students [which are] admitted'.
- As for the latter case, 'admitted' is not so often used as an attributive adjective, and sounds a bit unusual here, because admission is not just a quality but a process which the students must have gone through.
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batenHow is 'the students admitted' differnet from 'the admitted students'?The former case is a nonfinite clause = 'the students [which are] admitted'. As for the latter case, 'admitted' is not so often used as an attributive adjective, and sounds a bit unusual here, because admission is not just a quality but a process which the students must have gone throu
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