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Polysemous prefix 'un-'
The prefix 'un-' is polysemous. Its meaning depends on the word class of the root/stem it is being attached to: for verbs the meaning has a "reversible" effect and for adjectives it has a "negated" or ...
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Is "rumored" a verb or an adjective (a participle adjective)?
According to a dictionary, rumor can function as a noun or a verb. I can see rumor being a noun, but am having difficulty accepting it as a verb.
The dictionary gives the example sentence, John is ...
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Verb, Adjective, noun?
A case refers to a "binding" or authoritative decision made by the court.
Binding is a verb, noun or an adjective?
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Can live be used as a lexical verb in future tenses when meaning “live conferencing”?
Context: In technology, there is such a thing as a live video broadcast but I cannot seem to construct a sentence where “live” is the main verb. Consider this example. My colleague is going to be at a ...
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"this drug induces sleeping" or "this drug induces sleep"?
I seem to have heard both structures before, but I don’t understand which it would be.
In other languages the second verb would be in the infinitive, but I have heard things like "Josh hates ...
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