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Caddiellac Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

"investigate the enigmatic of skateboarding"

Hey all.. this is my first post hereEmotion: smile
i appreciate any corrections to ANY of my english.
my question is
is this phrase correct?

"investigate the enigmatic of skateboarding"

thanks in advance
  

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'enigmatic' is an adjective. 'enigma' is a noun. Try using a noun before 'of', like this, .

  • 'enigmatic' is an adjective.
  • 'enigma' is a noun.
  • Try using a noun before 'of', like this, .
  • .
  • investigate the enigma of skateboarding.
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'enigmatic' is an adjective.
'enigma' is a noun.

Try using a noun before 'of', like this,

. . . investigate the enigma of skateboarding.

By the way, is skateboarding really that puzzling?
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How about "secret" or "mystery" instead of "enigma"?
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hey all..
thanks for the replies.
well i don't think that skateboarding is puzzling at all! haha
I was just trying to convince a friend that he was using bad grammar on a skate tshirt design!

well thanks again
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You might say:



 Investigate 

   the enigmaticism  

     of skateboarding...  




or


  Investigate  

   the enigmatics   

    of skateboarding...  




(I'm not sure whether 'enigmatics' exists. I take it to be

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