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Sanctum Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Singular/Plural

Which one is correct? 1. he left the wounded in the battlefield 2.he left the woundeds in the battlefield. if the first is correct why isn't the latter?
  

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Both seem to be correct.

— Khoshtip

  • Both seem to be correct.
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Both seem to be correct.
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Sanctum He left the wounded in the battlefield 2.He left the woundeds in the battlefield.
'Wounded is not a noun. It is an adjective. We understand the wounded to mean the wounded soldiers.

The + adjective to mean a group of people known to us. In your sentence it is a group of soldiers (who have been w
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khoshtip Both seem to be correct.
No. Adjectives in English do not take a plural suffix.
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Yes, great remark.
I just said they "seem" because I was not sure.
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