A piercing, bloodcurdling shriek split the silence -- the book was screaming! Harry snapped it shut, but the shriek went on and on, one high, unbroken, earsplitting note.
I guess ‘one’ is a pronoun for shriek, and ‘high, unbroken, earsplitting note’ post-modifies ‘one.’ Is this right?
Top answer
No. 'One' here is an adjective describing 'note'. one high, unbroken, earsplitting These are all adjectives.
— Clive
No.
'One' here is an adjective describing 'note'.
one high, unbroken, earsplitting These are all adjectives.
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