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Fire1 Posted 6 years ago
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The adjective as a singular noun
Can an adjective function like a singular noun if "the" is attached to it as in "The mystical is opposed to the rational"?
If it can, is it also correct to say "The good is..", "The inevitable is" ...?
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fire1 Can an adjective function like a singular noun if "the" is attached to it as in "The mystical is opposed to the rational"? Yes. Those examples are fine.
- fire1 Can an adjective function like a singular noun if "the" is attached to it as in "The mystical is opposed to the rational"?
- Yes.
- Those examples are fine.
- ", "The inevitable is" ...?
- I've heard 'the good' but never 'the inevitable', but even the latter might sound all right in the right context.
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fire1Can an adjective function like a singular noun if "the" is attached to it as in "The mystical is opposed to the rational"?
Yes. Those examples are fine.
fire1If it can, is it also correct to say "The good is..", "The inevitable is" ...?
I've heard 'the good' but never 'the inevitable', but even the latter mig
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Possibly, but "mystical" would still be an adjective in a fused determiner-head noun phrase.
The usual examples of such NPs are "the good", "the rich","the poor".
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