Nouns functioning as other parts of speech
CalifJim In another post (years ago) in which "brick wall" was under discussion, you argued that 'brick' could not possibly be an adjective because there is no 'bricker' and 'brickest'.Now you're saying that if a determiner were attached, 'brick' would lose its status as a noun, and in spite of the lack of 'ten-bricker (row)' and 'ten-brickest (row)', 'ten-brick' is now an adjective.
I do not think we can use degrees of comparison as a criterion to tell adjectives apart from other parts of speech, since there are a number of adjectives that do not have comparative and superlative degrees. Like "pregnant", "born", "wooden". "Most pregnant" sounds absurd, yet "pregnant" is an adjective.
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My Dear Friend I do not think we can use degrees of comparison as a criterion to tell adjectives apart from other parts of speech, since there are a number of adjectives that do not have comparative and superlative degrees. Like "pregnant", "born", "wooden". "Most pregnant" sounds absurd, yet "pregnant" is an adjective.
- My Dear Friend I do not think we can use degrees of comparison as a criterion to tell adjectives apart from other parts of speech, since there are a number of adjectives that do not have comparative and superlative degrees.
- Like "pregnant", "born", "wooden".
- "Most pregnant" sounds absurd, yet "pregnant" is an adjective.
- True.
- But still, it wouldn't hurt for you to read the post at this link and see what you think.
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My Dear FriendI do not think we can use degrees of comparison as a criterion to tell adjectives apart from other parts of speech, since there are a number of adjectives that do not have comparative and superlative degrees. Like "pregnant", "born", "wooden". "Most pregnant" sounds absurd, yet "pregnant" is an adjective.
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