"Slightly yellow"... or "Slight Yellow"
I need an explanation please, why should we say: "Slightly yellow" when describing an object, and not "Slight Yellow. I guess that this is and Adjective (yellow).
Thanks :-)
Galia
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If the object were slight, you could say 'a slight object'. However, the object isn't slight. That's why you don't say a slight yellow object.
- If the object were slight, you could say 'a slight object'.
- However, the object isn't slight.
- That's why you don't say a slight yellow object.
- 'Slight' would go with or modify 'object'.
- 'Slightly' modifies 'yellow', not 'object'.
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If the object were slight, you could say 'a slight object'. However, the object isn't slight. That's why you don't say a slight yellow object. 'Slight' would go with or modify 'object'.
'Slightly' modifies 'yellow', not 'object'. It indicates to what extent the object is yellow: only slightly, not very much. It is an adverb of degree, not an adjective.
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