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Can “above” be used as an adjective? [duplicate]
I've read in some English grammar books that the word above can only act as an adverb. It can never be used as an adjective in any context.
For example:
1) The above example explains it well.
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multiple adjectives next to each other [closed]
In low volume, a melody sad love song is playing in a mobile phone placed on the side table.
Do you see the three adjectives (melody sad love) together? Is that correct?
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Is “I'm being angry” ungrammatical?
I am arguing with friends about this question.
According to what I learned in school, there are some adjectives that cannot be used in the progressive form.
I think this one is ungrammatical because ...
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Using “meantime” as an adjective
Does it make sense to say:
Please consider this email as a meantime brief report.
If yes, why? and if no, how can it be fixed?
Edit
By the above sentence, I want to say that this email is not ...
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Are the words “sillily”, “uglily”, “friendlily”, “livelily”, etc., valid English?
I have wondered about how to make the words silly, ugly, friendly, lively, etc. into adverbs, so I researched in the Internet. I found many different answers, so I tried checking Oxford Dictionaries.
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“Bongo is screaming”: is “screaming” an adjective? [closed]
If I say, "Bongo is screaming", would screaming be an adjective?
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What is the difference between “skilled” and “skillful”?
What is the difference between skilled and skillful? When can I use one, when can I used the other?
He is skilled/skillful.
He is a skilled/skillful musician.
(Anything else?)
From the ...
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Which of these is the correct use of this phrase
I frequently encounter this in technical documents and I am wondering which one is correct.
In the figure below
or
In the below figure
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Is the phrase “fresh six muffins” grammatically correct? [duplicate]
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What is the rule for adjective order?
A non-native speaker that I know always puts the count before another adjective, as in "fresh six muffins". "Six fresh muffins" ...
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How to identify adjectives [closed]
I’m revisiting/studying about adjectives in “Adjectives” at Capital Community College Guide to Grammar and Writing. First I learn that articles are adjectives, but then there follows a paragraph in ...
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Is “the girls are want to gossip” correct?
Is this the correct use and placement of want?
The girls in the office are want to gossip.
Does anyone have a reference citing this use?
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Word for the “strength” of an adjective
Is there a word which describes the strength of an adjective within an ordered set?
For example, these words describe “quality” in ascending order of their “power”:
good
great
fantastic
Is there ...
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Use of determiners as adjectives
In a grammar book that I'm reading, an adjective is defined as:
A word that modifies a noun or a pronoun. (To modify is to limit or
point out or describe: that book; another chance; the blue
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“Super-duper ultra mega”
Can I use the adjectives super-duper, ultra, and mega in one adjective? For example,
A super-duper ultra mega huge dome.
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Can the word 'freed' be used as an adjective? [closed]
For example: "Freed memory can be reused by another computer programs"?
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What's it called when you make an adjective post-positive? [duplicate]
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Why do some adjectives follow the nouns they modify?
In English, adjectives usually precede the nouns they describe, as in "organic carrots".
However, in some cases ...
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Why do some adjectives follow the nouns they modify?
Right now I can only think of one instance in which this regularly occurs. The adjective proper is sometimes placed after the noun it modifies, e.g:
Reptilia: A class of cold-blooded oviparous or ...
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How to use the words ending with “-ly”?
First question: in the grammar world, where do the -ly ended words belong?
Second question: how to use them correctly?
Rarely (oops!), if ever, I get myself using -ly ended words in my writing. I'm ...
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Adjectives that do not have predicative position
I've read somewhere that some adjectives cannot be used in the predicative position; for example "this is a major problem" is acceptable, but "the problem is major" is not acceptable.
I'm wondering ...
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“Simpler” or “More Simple” [duplicate]
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“More clear” vs “Clearer”, when to use “more” instead of “-er”
Which of these two terms is correct? If they are both ...
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When is the use of “north” more appropriate than “northern” and vice versa?
North, South, East, West, can be used as adjectives, but so can Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western. What rules, if any, govern which is appropriate when?
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Article when there is an adjective before a noun [duplicate]
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Use of “a” versus “an”
When to use a or an before a noun when there are adjectives before that noun?
like the following example:
An operator ...
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What is an adjectival complement in English?
How can one determine what an adjectival complement is in an English sentence? Are there are any subcategories to this classification? I'd love concrete examples, to help me better understand this ...
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Can adjectives always be used as nouns when they denote a plural and are preceded by the definite article?
An adjective appears to be used as a noun when denoting an animate plural and preceded by the definite article:
'The successful are those who strive.'
'The foolish are those who ...
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How would you name these two different types of adjectival qualifying?
If I say "Max is quite joyful right now" that would mean that Max is experiencing a feeling of joy, right?
But if I say "This needle is rather painful" that would mean that somebody else is ...
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Intimate and Intimate
I was thinking about the "intimate" word used here:
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
How can I differentiate both words?
Edit: in response to comments, I don't quite ...
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“My another account” vs. “my other account”
A little debate going on here so I just want to know which one it is; I'm saying it's my other account since my another would be my one other account.
The other person insists they both can be used; ...
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“One-Day Only Promotion” or “One-Day-Only Promotion”
A copywriter I'm working with wrote "One-Day Only Promotion" but my feeling is that "One-Day-Only Promotion" is correct. The first three words describe 'Promotion'. I know you don't hyphenate adverbs, ...
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Two adjectives for two nouns
I saw this on a billboard recently
We have new and pre-owned cars and trucks
Clearly the intention is to modify "cars and trucks" with the two adjectives "used and preowned" and although the ...
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Why are words such as “that” and “those” not considered articles?
According to Wikipedia (disclaimer: of course I realize that Wikipedia should not be regarded as an absolute authority, but I generally consider it to be a fairly accurate and reliable resource):
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Chainsaw-equipped or chainsaw equipped?
Is it chainsaw-equipped or chainsaw equipped? And with what kind of former words to use "-" properly?
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Should I use “ related” or “-related”
What is the correct use of the term "related?" For example, should I use it like computer related, or is it more proper to use computer-related (where the word "computer" is just part of my ...
