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Jigneshbharati Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
State or quality
Activity means the state or quality of being active. I saw this in Collins dictionary. What exactly does state(condition) and quality mean in simple words as used in the given context?
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Jigneshbharati the state or quality of being This is a standard dictionary idiom for saying that a word is the noun form of a corresponding adjective. Sweetness is the state or quality of being sweet. You can say: This cake is sweet .
- Jigneshbharati the state or quality of being This is a standard dictionary idiom for saying that a word is the noun form of a corresponding adjective.
- Sweetness is the state or quality of being sweet.
- You can say: This cake is sweet .
- Or formally and somewhat strangely: This cake has sweetness .
- ) The noun form is used more often when speaking in abstractions.
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Jigneshbharatithe state or quality of being
This is a standard dictionary idiom for saying that a word is the noun form of a corresponding adjective.
Sweetness is the state or quality of being sweet.
You can say:
This cake is sweet.
Or formally and somewhat strangely:
This cake has sweetness
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