Strength
"Strength is not one of the first adjectives most would use to describe a player largely defined by pace and guile..."
(The Guardian.)
Can strength be an adjective?
Top answer
No, it's not an adjective. The above is not well phrased. It could have said something like: Strength is not the first quality that comes to mind when describing a player largely defined by pace and guile...
- No, it's not an adjective.
- The above is not well phrased.
- It could have said something like: Strength is not the first quality that comes to mind when describing a player largely defined by pace and guile...
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No, it's not an adjective. The above is not well phrased. It could have said something like:
Strength is not the first quality that comes to mind when describing a player largely defined by pace and guile...
0In my view, the given sentence is okay. Of course, strictly speaking, grammatically, the use of "strength" here is as a noun, not as an adjective, but the sense implied is clear. That is, he's a pace and guile player, not a strength player.
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