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Ali.h Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Pronouns VS Adjectives
This/these, that/those, I understand them being pronouns, but how are they also adjectives, it doesn’t make any sense to me for them to be adjectives as well!
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Hi, This/these, that/those, I understand them being pronouns, but how are they also adjectives, it doesn’t make any sense to me for them to be adjectives as well! Let's consider the word 'this'. A: Which car do you like best?
- Hi, This/these, that/those, I understand them being pronouns, but how are they also adjectives, it doesn’t make any sense to me for them to be adjectives as well!
- Let's consider the word 'this'.
- A: Which car do you like best?
- B: The red car.
- Here, the adjective 'red' identifies the car B is talking about.
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Hi,
This/these, that/those, I understand them being pronouns, but how are they also adjectives, it doesn’t make any sense to me for them to be adjectives as well!
Let's consider the word 'this'.
A: Which car do you like best?
B: The red car.
Here, the adjective 'red' identifies the car B is talking about.
This/these, that/those, I understand them being pronouns, but how are they also adjectives, it doesn’t make any sense to me for them to be adjectives as well!
Let's consider the word 'this'.
A: Which car do you like best?
B: The red car.
Here, the adjective 'red' identifies the car B is talking about.
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Clive's argument makes sense. Anyway, grammatical classification is what a grammarian wants it to be. There are several classifications for words and structures. Not everybody agrees with everybody. I remember reading a grammar book which didn't call relative clauses relative clauses in the 1960s. I forget what they were called in that book.
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