Timeline for Is there a term for the use of adjectives as nouns?
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| Aug 19, 2019 at 2:19 | answer | added | Bryne | timeline score: 0 | |
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| Feb 10, 2016 at 22:54 | vote | accept | jez | ||
| Feb 10, 2016 at 22:38 | history | edited | jez | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 9, 2016 at 14:17 | answer | added | bib | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 9, 2016 at 14:13 | comment | added | user140086 | Quick, safe and reliable service is right at your fingertips. What makes you think quick, safe and reliable are nouns? They are adjectives. | |
| Feb 9, 2016 at 14:11 | answer | added | tchrist♦ | timeline score: 12 | |
| Feb 9, 2016 at 14:11 | history | edited | jez | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 9, 2016 at 14:05 | comment | added | jez | @bib you're right: somehow that's less nasty, but I couldn't tell you exactly why. | |
| Feb 9, 2016 at 14:04 | history | edited | jez | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 9, 2016 at 14:02 | comment | added | bib | And the singular verb might be okay in some circumstances. Car A gives you quick. Car B gives you quick and safe. But quick, safe and reliable is only available from car C! | |
| Feb 9, 2016 at 14:01 | comment | added | jez | @bib Ha, I hadn't thought of that: that's different again, but closer. Adjectives have been used as countable nouns for longer, as in "The Incredibles". | |
| Feb 9, 2016 at 13:59 | comment | added | bib | You mean It's also a nasty | |
| Feb 9, 2016 at 13:58 | comment | added | jez | Sorry, should have said "it's also an example of nasty." | |
| Feb 9, 2016 at 13:57 | comment | added | jez | That is, I think, different ;-) because it's an adjective used as an adverb. But also nasty. | |
| Feb 9, 2016 at 13:56 | comment | added | John Clifford | Think different. | |
| Feb 9, 2016 at 13:55 | history | asked | jez | CC BY-SA 3.0 |