Questions tagged [adjective-phrases]
for questions about a phrase including an adjective and its modifiers that acts as an adjective.
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Can "as a tool" modify more than one verb?
Consider this example sentence:
The thing was owned, carried, or used as a tool.
(1) Does the "as a tool" act as an adjective for each verb? Rewritten: "The thing was owned (as a ...
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"employed people" vs "people employed"
Two sentences
Manufacturing kept growing until 1980 when it peaked at about 10 million people employed.
Manufacturing kept growing until 1980 when it peaked at about 10 million employed people.
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infinitive functioning as a noun or an adjective
I got him to repair the bike.
In this sentence is the infinitive functioning as a noun or an adjective?
Or without context is it just an <object + object compliment>?
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The "shutdown database" or the "shut down database"?
I want to describe a database that is offline and turned off. I'm considering either "the shutdown database" or "the shut down database".
I'm having trouble determining which one ...
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Identifying a prepositional phrase as an adverb or adjective
I am having a difficult time identifying whether the prepositional phrase in the following sentence is acting as an adverb or an adjective. Here is the sentence:
Did they really buy all the guys ...
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"I am select for the job" "I got/became select for the job"
Considering "select" as an adjective. Could we say "I am select for the job" and "I got/became select for the job"
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Please help; this is giving me an ulcer -walled, -wall, or no wall at all?
Okay, so I'm editing a book on architecture that's as poorly written as it is dry. My biggest issue right now is the use of the word "walled"; do you think this needs to be rewritten as ...
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why does expensive goes before professional?
It's an expensive professional camera.
In the above sentence, expensive and professional are opinion adjectives. So, why does expensive go before professional?
Thank you!
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"Possible future event" or "future possible event"?
There is this rule for adjective order in English, and mostly, authors agree on it. These are the two resources that I found online that tell us about this rule(there are others).
https://www....
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killing a cash cow for
a. You are killing a cash cow for both of us.
b. You are killing what is a cash cow for both of us.
Are both of the above sentences grammatical and meaningful?
My problem in (a) is that it seems to be ...
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The tall man met Jane
a. The tall man met Jane, angry at herself.
b. The tall woman went to the preacher, angry at himself.
c. The tall man met her, angry at herself.
d. The tall woman went to him, angry at himself.
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I AM WOKEN UP. Could i use "woken" here as an adjective/state instead of passive voice
I have not used "I am woken up" here as in passive voice but I have used "woken" as an adjective here and more or less the sentence is reffering to the state as in i woke up/i have ...
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Adverb phrase vs adjective phrase …
Take this money and buy some bandages in the shop.
Here in the shop — acts as a adjective or adverb.
Because in the shop indicates place, it also modifies bandages so it can be adjective-like. So plz ...
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"I get sick" Is "is" interchangeable with "'I am" as in "I am sick"
I know 'I got sick/ cold" mean "I became sick/cold" and "sick/cold" are used as adjectives but
Here "Chime" said What does "I got sick" mean?
'got' is also ...
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"I got married" and "I have got married"
I know" I got married" could means "I was married" or "I became married but could it also mean "I have been married"?
Similarly, I know "I have got married"...
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for three thousand dollars
Have you ever turned down job offers?
a. Yes. If I don't like a job, I won't take it. I have turned down many job offers. As a matter of fact, yesterday, I turned down one for three thousand dollars a ...
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apples in the fridge
Can one say
a. I ate apples in the fridge.
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b. I ate apples that were in the fridge.
I don't know why (a) sounds to me as if I was in the fridge when I ate the apples. "In the fridge&...
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What is the correct way to describe language courses based on the level?
I need to explain that there are lessons for beginner/intermediate/advanced learners. Since "beginner" is also a noun, I assume it's correct to say "Spanish lessons for beginners." ...
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Confusion between adjectival phrase and adverbial phrase
I passed the ball to him.
Here, is "to him" modifying the object "ball" or the action verb "passed"?
How can we know for sure?
I have been to several websites before I ...
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Is it okay to omit the first "as" in "as adj. as" in informal speech?
I think I sometimes hear sentences like "Much as I think ..." or "Soon as he ...". I'm not certain, but when the "as adj. as" form comes at the beginning of the sentence, ...
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'Deep water' is a/the story [closed]
Read the following sentences
' Deep Water ' is a story about Michael's childhood .
' Deep Water ' is the story about Michael's childhood .
How are they two different
I just want to know how a noun ...
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Adverbial or Adjectival Phrase?
I'm confused about adjectival and adverbial participle phrases.
It came to pass that, settling permanently in Paris he, too, forgot the child, especially when the Revolution of February broke out, ...
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“The town is (located) 20km southeast of city X” [closed]
The town is (located) 20 km southeast of city X
Is southeast an adjective being modified by of city X (an adverb phrase) and having 20 km (an adverb) modifying it?
Or is 20km an adjective modifying ...
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Does "to show" function as an adverb modifying an adjective in this sentence? [closed]
Does the usage of the infinitive to show serve the purpose the task below?
Task: write a sentence using the infinitive "to show" as an adverb modifying an adjective.
I tried to use "to ...
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What is the type of the phrase "to success"
The textbook says that To success is an adjective phrase but it seems like an infinitive to me.
I'm confused whether it is a noun or an infinitive?
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Why the infinitive phrase in this sentence functions as Adverb and not adjective?
Marian had plenty of work to finish
In the correction form, it says that the function of to finish is adverbial.
But why it is not an adjective? Which work? The work to finish. So it is an adjective!!...
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talked to the young lady,
a. I spoke to a doctor, tall and handsome.
b. I spoke to a young woman, magnificently dressed.
c. I spoke to the doctor, tall and handsome.
d. I spoke to the young woman, magnificently dressed.
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‘noun + likely to + verb’ and ‘likely to + verb + noun’
Are the following sentences grammatically correct? If yes, which one does sound more idiomatic?
Modularization by design decision likely to change.
Modularization by likely to change design decision.
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an adjective phrase and an introductory clause
In an English text, I happened upon a sentence like the following.
____________ no money, I cannot buy that lovely house. A. Having B. If having
which of those is a correct answer to the sentence?
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Is the noun phrase 'side lengths to the nearest tenth' grammatically correct?
Here is a sentence extracted from the entire question sentences, one from this exercise page on Khan Academy.
The following figure shows △ABC with side lengths to the nearest tenth.
I thought the ...
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Order adjectives when using nationalities or geographic names + characteristics
I am a bit confused with the adjectives order when I need to use adjectives that indicate nationality and adjectives that indicate characteristics of an object. Is it, for instance, Indian traditional ...
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Is this prepositional phrase adjective or adverb?
Is this prepositional phrase "with same sex quickstep" an adjective describing "history" or adverb modifying "makes in the sentence below?
Andrew Makes ‘Dancing With The ...
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A phrase function : adverb phrase or adjective phrase
In a text book, there is a sentence which I can't analyze.
She's very conventional in her views.
Is a preposition phrase(in her views) an adverb phrase or an adjective phrase?
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Is the prepositional phrase an adverbial or adjective phrase
In the sentence quoted below are the prepositions "for 2021" and "without latest software" acting as an adjective or adverb?
"Fossil announces new smartwatches for 2021 ...
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the significance of an adjective in front of an preposition "of "
In general, an noun or an pronoun is located in front of an preposition "of".
By the way, I happen upon some sentences including an adjective.
The gallery is full of people.
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Can I say “3 meters lengthened”?
I found “a 3 meters long door” is correct. I also want to know if “a 3 meters lengthened door (3m+3m=6m).”
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What is exact meaning of "fewer than" concerning numbers
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Why is “fortunate” correct here? shouldn’t it be “fortunate enough”?
Yesterday, when we were returning from the party,(a)/ our car met with an accident,(b)/ but we were fortunate to reach our home safely.(c)/ No error (d)
The answer is (d), but according to me it ...
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Should I place a comma between the two dependent clauses?
Here are the two examples; please tell me if I should place a comma between the two dependent clauses that come before the main clause. I'd also like an explanation, please.
Example# 1:
(with a comma)
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Adjective related query
Consider the following sentence:
Anne drank a glass of hot milk.
Here, milk is a noun and hot is an adjective. What is "a glass of"?
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Is "100% correct pronunciation" an understandable, correct, and proper English expression?
If I put "100% correct pronunciation" in the following sentence, is it understandable and correct? "100%" is what I would like to emphasize. If it is not right, how should it be ...
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He has been a victim of fraud
He has been a victim of fraud.
He has been a victim of fraud on several occasions.
He has been very helpful.
He has been very helpful on several occasions.
What is the difference between (1) and (...
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What's the function of cash-in-transit in the phrase cash-in-transit heists
What's the exact function of "cash-in-transit" here?
Grammar books say that
"a state-of-the-art computer" is the equal to "a computer which is the state of the art" and &...
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Can I say "The country's ongoing widely discussed problems are hopeless"
Can I use the combination of "adjective + adverb + adjective + noun" like
The country's ongoing widely discussed problems are hopeless.
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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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The meaning of "late" in "the late Buddy Holly"
I came across an expression "the late Buddy Holly" and additionally gathered two more examples of it, all of which I don't understand.
The rock 'n roll revival has provoked the Record ...
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Adjective clauses
Can anyone tell me the adjective clause in each of these sentences and the word it modifies?
In front of the theater was a block-long line, at the very end of which we saw our two friends.
The new ...
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Which is better in this context – AdjP or NP as a subject complement?
When I need to describe myself (for instance in a letter to a potential employer or the like), should I use a NP headed by "person" as a subject complement, or just an AdjP? That is, which ...
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"The Dancing Queen" is using dancing applicable here?
I was watching a movie last night and It was a musical one. The movie involved a song named "The Dancing Queen".
Now, I know that the word "Dancing" is not an adjective. For ...
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Please explain the use of the word Easy in this sentence
The tennis player, easy through the opening set against her opponent, rallied to take the final two sets for the biggest victory of her young career.
Of the following pattern, which one is implied ...
