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Healer Posted 3 years ago
Grammar
On the verge
How grammatical are the following sentences? -His story was on the verge of ridiculous.-His story was on the verge of being ridiculous.-His story was on the verge of ridiculousness.Thanks for comment!
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healer His story was on the verge of ridiculous. No. "Verge of" wants a noun, never an adjective.
- healer His story was on the verge of ridiculous.
- No.
- "Verge of" wants a noun, never an adjective.
- healer His story was on the verge of being ridiculous.
- It's grammatical but bad.
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healerHis story was on the verge of ridiculous.
No. "Verge of" wants a noun, never an adjective.
healerHis story was on the verge of being ridiculous.
It's grammatical but bad.
healerHis story was on the verge of ridiculousness.
Same as 2 but not as bad.
It looks lik
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healerHis story was on the verge of the ridiculous.
For examples of "on the verge of the ridiculous", see
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