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Is "this" a determiner functioning as an adjective modifying "rain"?
Does it answer the adjective question which one?
Which meaning of "this" is used here?
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Jigneshbharati Is "this" a determiner functioning as an adjective modifying "rain"? It is a determiner, yes. I don't think "functioning as an adjective" adds anything useful (though traditionally these words have been classified as adjectives).
- Jigneshbharati Is "this" a determiner functioning as an adjective modifying "rain"?
- It is a determiner, yes.
- I don't think "functioning as an adjective" adds anything useful (though traditionally these words have been classified as adjectives).
- Jigneshbharati Which meaning of "this" is used here?
- "this rain" means "the rain that is falling now (or has been falling in the recent past)".
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JigneshbharatiIs "this" a determiner functioning as an adjective modifying "rain"?
It is a determiner, yes. I don't think "functioning as an adjective" adds anything useful (though traditionally these words have been classified as adjectives).
JigneshbharatiWhich meaning of "this" is used here?
"this rain" means "t
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