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Rotter Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Tricky or trick

Speaking as a teacher, I get irritated when I see questions like this in an examination. I feel that it is a trick question. I hope it was not in an exam for those learning English as a Second language.
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I copied the above from the question under the title 'Whomever vs whoever'.

I fell that it is a trick question.
The above should be ' I feel it is a tricky question.'
The word trick is a noun and the word tricky is the adjective.
The noun 'question' is modified by an adjective.

What do you think?
  

Top answer

I think both are fine. Nouns are frequently used as adjectives. com/question%26r%3D67&usg=AFQjCNH8ZGA6Ymubqv1KjOUO1gkc7mC5GA " .

  • I think both are fine.
  • Nouns are frequently used as adjectives.
  • com/question%26r%3D67&usg=AFQjCNH8ZGA6Ymubqv1KjOUO1gkc7mC5GA " .
  • com/tricky%26r%3D67&usg=AFQjCNFZJ5Y4JF8NDUoJ8beqBnpc0Zq44A " .
  • However, the meanings can be different-- a trick question is usually designed as such; a tricky question is merely difficult.
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I think both are fine. Nouns are frequently used as adjectives.

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