Which sentence is correct?

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1)I have a big, beautiful dog.2)I have a dog big, beautiful.3)I have dog big, beautiful.4)Your beautiful shirt is long.5)Your shirt beautiful is long.Thanks

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

1 and 4 are correct.

CJ

Bassa · Answer

Thanks

So, we put the adjective before the thing that we are describing, right?

Bassa · Answer

Are these correct?

1)He ate my beautiful apple.

2)He ate my apple beautiful.

3)She likes my big jacket.

4)She likes my jacket big.

Thanks

CalifJim · Answer

Yes, we put the adjective before the thing that we are describing. So you tell me, which of these are correct?

1)He ate my beautiful apple.

2)He ate my apple beautiful.

3)She likes my big jacket.

4)She likes my jacket big.

CJ

Bassa · Answer

1 and 3, right?

Bassa · Answer

So, when we say "I like my hair long." it is incorrect, right?

CalifJim · Answer

bassa1 and 3, right?

Right. Good work.

CJ

CalifJim · Answer

bassaSo, when we say "I like my hair long." it is incorrect, right?

It depends what you mean.

If your hair is long, and you like it, then you like your long hair.

If you like your hair when it is long, and you like to keep it that way, then you like your hair long.

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I like my hair long is a shorter form of

I like my hair to be long. I like it when it is long better than when it is short.

You may have short hair, but you can still say, "I like my hair long". It's what you prefer.

But if you have short hair, you can't say, "I like my long hair" because you don't have long hair; you have short hair.

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You can do this sentence about your hair both ways because hair grows. You can change you long your hair is. You can let it grow so that it is long or you can keep it cut short.

But you can't change the size of your jacket, so you can't say, "She likes my jacket big". You can only say "She likes my big jacket".

CJ

Bassa · Answer

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BarbaraPA · Answer

bassa, see if you can explain the two completely different meanings in:

She wears her clothes large.

She wears her large clothes.

Refer to Jim's example about the hair.

Which sentence is correct?

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