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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
two questions on the following sentence
Over the past two decades, governments large and small have bucked the prohibitionist, punitive war-on-drugs paradigm wrought by Richard Nixon in 1971. ===
1. is "large and small" modifying "governments?" or is it an adverb in the sentence? what does it mean?
2. "the prohibitionist, punitive war-on-drugs paradigm"
in the follwing phrase, is "the prohinitionist" modifying "war-on-drugs paradigm?"
actually i dont really get the structure of the phrase....
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he word prohibitionist, as far as i know, is a noun. i think it is unable to modify another noun(just my guess.)
1. is "large and small" modifying "governments?" or is it an adverb in the sentence? what does it mean?
2. "the prohibitionist, punitive war-on-drugs paradigm"
in the follwing phrase, is "the prohinitionist" modifying "war-on-drugs paradigm?"
actually i dont really get the structure of the phrase....
t
he word prohibitionist, as far as i know, is a noun. i think it is unable to modify another noun(just my guess.)
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Hi 1. 'Large and small' is an adjectival phrase and, yes, it modifies the noun 'governments' 2. 'Prohibitionist', here, is sometimes called a noun in apposition and it works in the same way as an adjectiive.
- Hi 1.
- 'Large and small' is an adjectival phrase and, yes, it modifies the noun 'governments' 2.
- 'Prohibitionist', here, is sometimes called a noun in apposition and it works in the same way as an adjectiive.
- It is quite OK to use a noun in that way ...
- - My teacher Mary showed me how to spell that word Dave
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Hi
1. 'Large and small' is an adjectival phrase and, yes, it modifies the noun 'governments'
2. 'Prohibitionist', here, is sometimes called a noun in apposition and it works in the same way as an adjectiive. It is quite OK to use a noun in that way ...
- My teacher Mary showed me how to spell that word
Dave
1. 'Large and small' is an adjectival phrase and, yes, it modifies the noun 'governments'
2. 'Prohibitionist', here, is sometimes called a noun in apposition and it works in the same way as an adjectiive. It is quite OK to use a noun in that way ...
- My teacher Mary showed me how to spell that word
Dave
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1. "governments large and small" is an example of adjectives following the noun they modify, and means "both large governments and small governments".
2. In English, nouns can, and frequently do, modify other nouns, as in "computer screen", "church spire", "company report" etc. etc. These are called attributive nouns. However, "prohibitionist" seems more like a true adjective to me here,
2. In English, nouns can, and frequently do, modify other nouns, as in "computer screen", "church spire", "company report" etc. etc. These are called attributive nouns. However, "prohibitionist" seems more like a true adjective to me here,
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