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Happy student Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
The + Adjective
Do I understand it correctly?
'The' before an adjective makes it a collective noun. For example,
1) There are 3 ways to help the homeless.
2) The rich will never understand the poor.
3) The police immediately started searching the city for the infected.
Thank you!
'The' before an adjective makes it a collective noun. For example,
1) There are 3 ways to help the homeless.
2) The rich will never understand the poor.
3) The police immediately started searching the city for the infected.
Thank you!
Top answer
Happy student The' before an adjective makes it a collective noun No; it just makes it a noun (of a pronomial sort)—but it only works within accepted limits: mostly adjectives that describe groups of people, nationalities, and abstract nouns.
- Happy student The' before an adjective makes it a collective noun No; it just makes it a noun (of a pronomial sort)—but it only works within accepted limits: mostly adjectives that describe groups of people, nationalities, and abstract nouns.
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Happy studentThe' before an adjective makes it a collective nounNo; it just makes it a noun (of a pronomial sort)—but it only works within accepted limits: mostly adjectives that describe groups of people, nationalities, and abstract nouns.
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Happy studentSo, were my sentences correct?'The infected' is stretching the concept, but otherwise they are fine.
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