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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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The serious

Okay, let's turn to the serious now and talk about the truth.

Is the serious a noun meaning "serious things" in the sentence above?


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anonymous Okay, let's turn to the serious now and talk about the truth. Is the serious a noun meaning "serious things" in the sentence above? That's one way of looking at it.

  • anonymous Okay, let's turn to the serious now and talk about the truth.
  • Is the serious a noun meaning "serious things" in the sentence above?
  • That's one way of looking at it.
  • Another analysis says it's an adjective which has been promoted to the position where a noun would normally be.
  • Since the noun (as you say, "things") is implicit (missing), some people call this a headless construction.
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anonymous

Okay, let's turn to the serious now and talk about the truth.

Is the serious a noun meaning "serious things" in the sentence above?

That's one way of looking at it.

Another analysis says it's an adjective which has been promoted to the position where a noun would normally be. Since the noun (as you say, "things") i

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