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Michelle Cha Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Why don't you say "They are same"?

1. They are the same.

2. They are same.

I wonder why we can't say like 2, since same is an adjective.
  

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My take: we are dealing with a pronoun, not a simple adjective. [ Whose book is this? ~ It's mine (pronoun, not the adjective 'my'.

  • My take: we are dealing with a pronoun, not a simple adjective.
  • [ Whose book is this?
  • ~ It's mine (pronoun, not the adjective 'my'.
  • ]
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My take: we are dealing with a pronoun, not a simple adjective. [ Whose book is this? ~ It's mine (pronoun, not the adjective 'my'. ]

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