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Adjectives are just one of several different types of noun modifiers, typically used to premodify or describe a noun. Do not confuse adjectives with nouns used attributively to modify other nouns. Adjectives have comparative and superlative degrees, can be used as predicate adjectives in copulae, and can themselves be modified by intensifiers and adverbs but not by other adjectives. Nouns in attribution fail all those tests.
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1970-ish: Is it an accepted word? If so, what does it mean?
Speaking in more general terms, when I append ish to a word, I'm usualy trying to convey the fact that I'm approximating.
So in your example, 1970-ish would mean around the period of the year 1970 an …
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What is the difference between "complicated" and "complex"?
I can't understand: what's the difference between complicated and complex?
They seem to be used interchangeably. Are they actually different at all?
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