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Preposition but
butpreposition
- except; apart from; other than."we were never anything but poor"From the Google Dictionary https://www.google.com/search?q=but+dictionary&oq=&aqs=chrome.2.69i176j35i39i362l6j46i39i362j35i39i362l7.-1j0j7&client=ms-android-samsung-gj-rev1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8My question is:Can the adjective be an object (complement) in the prepositional phrase?
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This is what I love about this forum. ESLers think of things I never would have. This use of the adjective is a special case.
- This is what I love about this forum.
- ESLers think of things I never would have.
- This use of the adjective is a special case.
- I think it becomes possible as the object of the preposition because it echoes a predicate nominative and borrows its import.
- I could almost call it an idiomatic expression.
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This is what I love about this forum. ESLers think of things I never would have.
This use of the adjective is a special case. I think it becomes possible as the object of the preposition because it echoes a predicate nominative and borrows its import. I could almost call it an idiomatic expression. The sentence means you were always poor or that you were never rich, both adjectives.
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