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Osee Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Opposite is a Church.

0As titled, this sentence looks like a inversion. If so, opposite here is an adjective? Thanks.0-
  

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0Hi,02br
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00Yes.02br
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0Locative inversion to be specific.02br
00Locative inversion also allows optional 01i00there02i00 insertion.02br
01i00Opposite there is a church.02i02br
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0May I say, in any case, "The opposite is a church"?0-
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0No,02br
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00You can't say that, because 'opposite' in the original phrase is an adjective.02br
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00However, you can say things like 01font00The opposite of 'husband' is 'wife'02font00 because here the word 'opposite' is being used as a anoun.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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