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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

part of speech question

0 In the sentence: "I am the greatest!"02br
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" 02br 02br 00Is "greatest" a noun (it takes the article) or is it an adjective with an implied noun? 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • " 02br 02br 00Is "greatest" a noun (it takes the article) or is it an adjective with an implied noun?
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10In the sentence: "I am the greatest!" Is "greatest" a noun (it takes the article) or is it an adjective with an implied noun? Thanks.12blockquote
10I believe it's an implied noun. Isn't there in the grammar rules also that an article "the" is needed in front of a superlative?02br
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0 In the second example, "the" is for the noun "man".02br
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00In the second, well... that's what's in question. I think it's an adjective with an implied noun 0-
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