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Parts of speech question - adjectives?

0In the sentence: I like Diet Caffeine Free Cherry Vanilla Coke. 02br
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00I is the subject. Like is the verb. 02br
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00Are the words Diet Caffeine Free Cherry Vanilla adjectives for Coke? Or is that whole phrase a noun since it is a thing?0-
  

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0It is a noun phrase in any case. 01i 00Diet, caffein-free02i 00 and 01i 00cherry-vanilla02i 00 (or 01i 00cherry02i 00 and 01i 00vanilla02i 00) are adjectives modifying 01i 00Coke02i 00. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 0It is a noun phrase in any case.
  • 01i 00Diet, caffein-free02i 00 and 01i 00cherry-vanilla02i 00 (or 01i 00cherry02i 00 and 01i 00vanilla02i 00) are adjectives modifying 01i 00Coke02i 00.
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0It is a noun phrase in any case. 01i00Diet, caffein-free02i00 and 01i00cherry-vanilla02i00 (or 01i00cherry02i00 and 01i00vanilla02i00) are adjectives modifying 01i00Coke02i00. The Eiffel Tower is a single thing, but 01i00Eiffel02i00 is still an adjective mo
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0It's a little off topic, but have you ever heard of Diet Caffein-Free Cherry-Vanilla Coke Mr Micawber? 02br
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00And one question: I guess I can use 01i00cherry-vanilla02i00 and 01i00cherry and vanilla02i00 keeping the very same meaning, can't I?02br
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0Frankly, I don't recall, YoHf, but I've heard of similar drinks-- Diet Pepsi Lime, Fanta Funky Orange, etc. Yes, I just hyphenated the flavours to make the noun phrase more intelligible. There's even an internet acronynm: 01i00DCFCVCWL stands for Diet Caffeine Free Cherry Vanilla Coke With Lemon02i00.02br
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00The Coca-Cola website lists these pro
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