Questions tagged [adjective-phrases]
for questions about a phrase including an adjective and its modifiers that acts as an adjective.
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"a ten years old boy" or "a ten year old boy"
1) a ten years old boy is sitting on the couch.
2) a ten year old boy is sitting on the couch.
3) a ten-years old boy is sitting on the couch.
4) a ten-year old boy is sitting on the ...
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Too big of a sofa
These kinds of expressions akin to measure quantifiers just blow my mind. For me it has to be "too big gulp of whiskey" and "too big sofa". Especially c), it sounds like you placed ...
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“I’m too tired to drive”: Why does removing 'too' make this sentence ungrammatical?
This is grammatical:
I'm too tired to drive.
but this isn't:
I'm tired to drive.
Why? How can removing an adverb make a sentence ungrammatical?
In a sentence like “He slowly walked down the ...
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Is 'a' implying one of the family?
Mr. Dursley hummed as he picked out his most boring tie for work, and
Mrs. Dursley gossiped away happily as she wrestled a screaming Dudley
into his high chair. (Harry Potter)
Why is ‘a’ put, ...
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Can we use adjective after noun?
People angry with the high prices were protesting.
Can we use adjective after noun without verb to be like the example above?
Can you tell me what grammar rule is it?
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Is "release date" grammatically correct?
Why I always heard something like "Iphone release date and price unveiled". Shouldn't it be "be released" by someone? (Iphone can't release anything itself as a lifeless object)
I look up some the ...
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There is a little water in the pot. There is some water in the pot
There is a little water in the pot.
There is some water in the pot.
What is the difference between them?
How can I distinguish these sentences?
I am a bit confused.
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How can I figure out whether a word is an adverb or an adjective?
How can we confirm the word modifying an adjective is an adverb which may well be adjective sometimes?
In this sentence, what are the parts of speech of 'bright' and 'red'?
She wore a bright red ...
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Question about reduced relative clauses: Can "having..." mean both "which had... " and "which have..."?
I saw a question today asking which one is correct, and the answer is (2)
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Literacy opened up entire realms of verifiable knowledge to ordinary men and women having been previously considered ...
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Does healthy or strong go first when used together?
He is a strong healthy man.
He is a healthy strong man.
Which is the correct answer and why?
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what is the function of "a foot" in this sentence?
"Tsunami waves may appear only a foot or so high."
Does "a foot" function as an adverbial phrase or subject complement?
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different size/color vs different-sized/colored
I am going to make up four sentences with them below.
These old different-colored (or different color) pencil crayons are very rare and valuable.
The different-colored (or different color) ...
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Home vs at home
I'm at home.
I usually take my breakfast home (without preposition).
I usually take my breakfast at home(or at my home ;with preposition)
In the first sentence, at home is an adjective preposition ...
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Asking about phrase type
In a noun phrase “billions of dollars’ worth of satellites”
Is “billions of dollars’ worth of” an adjective phrase that modifies ‘satellites’?
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As awesome as Meaning
What does this As As usually means in sentences, just like in this sentence;
As awesome as some of those shows with Jane were, they were nothing compared to Green Day last night
I mean, does "as ...
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'prevent from willing participating' or 'prevent from willingly participating'?
'prevent from willing participating' or 'prevent from willingly participating'?
For example:
His active vocabulary is rather limited, but this doesn’t prevent him
from willingly participating in ...
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The Questions which are easy to understand” vs “The easy-to-understand questions”
What do we call the following kind of adjective?
I saw a text similar to the following
the easy-to-understand questions are so important to make our decisions!
I have two questions ...
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a ten-year period of documenting....?
This book is the first volume and part of a ten-year period of..
This book is the first volume and part of a ten years period of..
This book is the first volume and part of the ten year period of..
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