Parsing "Pure or Purely Vegetarian".
Dear teachers,
Please let me know whether I have parsed the following sentences correctly:
1. The restaurant is pure vegetarian.
2. The restaurant is purely vegetarian.
In both sentences, the underlined phrases are predicative complement. The difference is, in sentence 1, the word "vegetarian" is a noun, which is modified by an adjective, "pure". In sentence 2, "vegetarian" is an adjective, which is modified by an adverb, "purely".
The meaning of the sentences is, in sentence 1, it says the restaurant serves unadulterated vegetarian food. The meaning of sentence 2 is, the restaurant served only or exclusively vegetarian food.
Thank you very much for your help.
Top answer
Both sentences mean that they serve only vegetarian food, to my ear, with nothing about the food itself aside from that. "Pure" is a bit of a wrong word for that, though. I would expect, for example, "all-vegetarian" or "strictly vegetarian" or simply "vegetarian" (all predicate adjectives).
- Both sentences mean that they serve only vegetarian food, to my ear, with nothing about the food itself aside from that.
- "Pure" is a bit of a wrong word for that, though.
- I would expect, for example, "all-vegetarian" or "strictly vegetarian" or simply "vegetarian" (all predicate adjectives).
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Both sentences mean that they serve only vegetarian food, to my ear, with nothing about the food itself aside from that. "Pure" is a bit of a wrong word for that, though. I would expect, for example, "all-vegetarian" or "strictly vegetarian" or simply "vegetarian" (all predicate adjectives).
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