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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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The+adj
Hi,
The rule the+adj creates plural nouns,eg the blind.Can the blind mean one blind man?Eg ''The blind is standing round the corner.'' What about the beautiful,the ugly?
I heard a religious program in which the speaker said,''...the beautiful,the true,...'',and I think he meant the ultimate beauty,the ultimate truth.Can the+adj express this abstract noun meaning,or I understood wrong?
The rule the+adj creates plural nouns,eg the blind.Can the blind mean one blind man?Eg ''The blind is standing round the corner.'' What about the beautiful,the ugly?
I heard a religious program in which the speaker said,''...the beautiful,the true,...'',and I think he meant the ultimate beauty,the ultimate truth.Can the+adj express this abstract noun meaning,or I understood wrong?
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I take "the blind" as a collective noun. It can't refer to a single blind person. I don't think your use of "the ultimate" quite works here.
- I take "the blind" as a collective noun.
- It can't refer to a single blind person.
- I don't think your use of "the ultimate" quite works here.
- " Still, I have to agree with you that in the Clint Eastwood flick The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly , it might be argued that these adjectives refer to specific individuals, as nouns.
- Maybe we need to consider that perhaps some of these "nouns" are countable, and some are not.
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I take "the blind" as a collective noun. It can't refer to a single blind person.
I don't think your use of "the ultimate" quite works here.
"The beautiful, the true" seems to mean "all which is beautiful, all which is true."
Still, I have to agree with you that in the Clint Eastwood flick The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, it might be argued that these adje
I don't think your use of "the ultimate" quite works here.
"The beautiful, the true" seems to mean "all which is beautiful, all which is true."
Still, I have to agree with you that in the Clint Eastwood flick The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, it might be argued that these adje
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