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Believer Posted 19 years ago
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where do you fit this in?
0 Hi, Would you help me with this? 02 br
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00 I have a sentenece, which is "There is 01 u 00 a happy, hungry crowd 02 u 00 to feed." Now, would you say those two adjectives (ie, happy and hungry) are coordinating adjectives (which I gather means those adjectives that carry equal weight) or cumulative adjectives. I think they are the former ones since they are separated by a comma. Where does the adjectival order, eg, purpose, material, etc., fit into this? Does the order have any relevance here? 0-
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00 I have a sentenece, which is "There is 01 u 00 a happy, hungry crowd 02 u 00 to feed." Now, would you say those two adjectives (ie, happy and hungry) are coordinating adjectives (which I gather means those adjectives that carry equal weight) or cumulative adjectives. I think they are the former ones since they are separated by a comma. Where does the adjectival order, eg, purpose, material, etc., fit into this? Does the order have any relevance here? 0-
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0 Hard to deal with, logically. 0-
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0 Hard to deal with, logically. Hungry people are usually not happy. 0-
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0 It seems to me that happiness is a less intrinsic characteristic of a person than hunger, so 01 i 00 hungry 02 i 00 should be closer than 01 i 00 happy 02 i 00 to the noun 01 i 00 crowd 02 i 00 . I would not change the order. 02 br
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01 cite 10 Mister Micawber 12 cite 10 Hard to deal with, logically. Hungry people are usually not happy. 12 br10 That was my first reaction, too. But then I thought it could also refer to a bunch of kids at teatime, among many other examples. 0-
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