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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

You must be terribly old.

1b01font001: You must be terribly old.02font02b02br
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00In the above sentence 01i00terribly02i00 is an adverb and 01i00old02i00 is an adjective. 01b01font00Right?02font02b02br
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01b01font002: He is a terrible old.02font02b02br
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00Is the above sentence correct? Is 01i00old 02i00used as an adjective? What parts of speech is 01i00terrible02i00?0-
  

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01. Yes. "02br 02br 002.

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  • No, this is not correct.
  • Unless you mean he was nice when he was young, but now that he is old, he is terrible.
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01. Yes. Terribly modified "old" - it's the same as saying "very, very old."02br
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002. No, this is not correct. Unless you mean he was nice when he was young, but now that he is old, he is terrible. Even so, you must deleted the "a," and this would be a rather unusual way of saying this. Terrible is an adjective, and therefore describes the subject "he" and we are left wo
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite102. No, this is not correct. Unless you mean he was nice when he was young, but now that he is old, he is terrible. 11font10Even so, you must delete the "a," and this would be a rather unusual way of saying this. Terrible is an adjective, and therefore describes the subject "he" an
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0 «He is terrible old» — Now, that/when is old, he is terrible. — Both "terrible" and "old" point to "he".02br
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00No need in an artcle here. Articles apply to nouns, but there are no nouns in this sentence — "old" and "terrible" are adjectives.02br
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00«He is terribly old» — He is old to a very great degree — now "terrbly" (converted into an adverb)
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01cite10Ant_22212cite10«He is terrible old» — 11b10Now, that/when is old12b10, he is terrible. — Both "terrible" and "old" point to "he". No need in an artcle here. Articles apply to nouns, but there are no nouns in this sentence — "old" and "terrible" are adjectives. «He is terribly old» — He is old to a very grea
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0 «Now that he is old» or «Now when he is old»02br
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