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My Dear Friend Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Nouns functioning as other parts of speech
My Dear FriendBillJAnd I'm pleased to see that you now accept that the compound ten-page is an attributive adjectiveI think, to avoid confusion we need to be more specific as to whether we talk about a function or a part of speech, since many of these compound words may function both as adjectives and as nouns. Like, for example:
I saw a bunch of ten-year-olds.
He is a ten-year-old.
He is a ten-year-old boy.
What part of speech is "ten-year-old"?
BillJI think this thread has now reached a conclusion. Good luck with your grammar studies.
That sure is a creative way to conclude a thread.
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My Dear Friend more specific as to whether we talk about a function or a part of speech, since many of these compound words may function both as adjectives and as nouns . Like, for example ... , with phrases like "functions as an adjective", "functions as a noun", "functions as a {part of speech}".
- My Dear Friend more specific as to whether we talk about a function or a part of speech, since many of these compound words may function both as adjectives and as nouns .
- Like, for example ...
- , with phrases like "functions as an adjective", "functions as a noun", "functions as a {part of speech}".
- This kind of talk is tantamount to heresy.
- It took me a long time to learn this lesson, so hopefully this post will shorten the time for you in learning this.
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My Dear Friendmore specific as to whether we talk about a function or a part of speech, since many of these compound words may function both as adjectives and as nouns. Like, for example ...
In the system of analysis that BillJ is using you absolutely cannot talk about grammar like this, i.e., with phrases like "functions as an adjective", "functions
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