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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.
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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