"Italy haven’t really got into the game as an attacking force. At the moment it’s on the cagey side of respectful, certainly from Italy." (The Guardian.)
Is "respectful" (an object of the preposition) a noun or adjective in the above context?
Top answer
Adjective.
— GPY
Adjective.
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