Omit "that + BE" and word order
I saw an interesting something ( 'interesting' = adjective )
I saw something that was interesting ( 'interesting' = verb ??? )
I saw something interesting ( can "that was" be omitted ??? )
I saw an interesting movie
I saw a movie that was interesting
I saw a movie interesting ( sounds totally incorrect )
With the noun "something", somehow, all the sentences seem to be valid.
The third is the same, but without "that was".
With the noun "movie", the third doesn't seem to be valid.
What is the difference between the nouns ?
What is the syntactic analysis of these sentences?
When can I omit the "that was"?
thanks
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steam mach I saw an interesting something That is not good English. "Interesting" is a present participle used as noun modifier. Participles do not have all the characteristics of an adjective, such as comparative and superlative forms.
- steam mach I saw an interesting something That is not good English.
- "Interesting" is a present participle used as noun modifier.
- Participles do not have all the characteristics of an adjective, such as comparative and superlative forms.
- The adjective is one of the types of noun modifiers.
- Other classes are determiners and quantifiers.
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steam machI saw an interesting something
That is not good English.
"Interesting" is a present participle used as noun modifier.
Participles do not have all the characteristics of an adjective, such as comparative and superlative forms.
The adjective is one of the types of noun modifiers.
Other classes are determiners and quant
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